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Missing veteran with traumatic brain injury found safe in Greeley

Posted at 6:23 AM, Mar 13, 2017
and last updated 2017-03-13 15:40:48-04

BROOMFELD, Colo. – Weld County deputies located a missing veteran who was last seen Saturday night.

Cory Hixson, 33, was found safe in Greeley Monday afternoon.

Police were concerned because he has a traumatic brain injury and suffers from memory loss. He also has trouble navigating. He was last seen on foot in the area of West Midway Boulevard and Via Varra Drive in Broomfield Saturday night.

Hixson is a Purple Heart recipient. He was hurt in Iraq in 2004, according to the Craig Daily Press.

No other information about how he was found was released.

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