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Update: Cancelled - SCPD: Silver Alert Issued for Coram Senior Recovering from Recent Lung Surgery

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By Published: December 11 2013

LongIsland.com

The Suffolk County Police Department has issued a Silver Alert regarding a missing Coram man who recently had lung surgery.

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Update - December 11th, 2013 at 2:03 PM - Earlston Burrows was located unharmed.

Coram, NY - December 11th, 2013 - The Suffolk County Police Department has issued a Silver Alert regarding a missing Coram man who recently had lung surgery.

Earlston Burrows, 82, of 30 Ridge Road, Coram, was last seen leaving his home in his car at 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 10. Burrows was travelling in a 1999 green Mercury Cougar with New York license plate number Y187WG.

Burrows is described as a black male with salt and pepper-colored hair. He is 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs 145 pounds. He was wearing black pants, black shoes and a blue knit cap.

Detectives are asking anyone with information on his whereabouts to call the Sixth Squad at 631-854-8652.

As a reminder, the Silver Alert is a program implemented in Suffolk County that allows local law enforcement to share information with media outlets about individuals with special needs who have gone missing.