{"id":72968,"date":"2024-10-11T17:06:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T21:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winterhavendaily.com\/?p=72968"},"modified":"2024-10-11T17:06:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T21:06:14","slug":"lakeland-man-with-late-stage-alzheimers-found-dead-after-wandering-away-after-hurricane-milton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winterhavendaily.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/11\/lakeland-man-with-late-stage-alzheimers-found-dead-after-wandering-away-after-hurricane-milton\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeland Man with Late-Stage Alzheimer\u2019s Found Dead After Wandering Away After Hurricane Milton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lakeland man with late-stage Alzheimer\u2019s found dead after wandering away after Hurricane Milton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deputies from the Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office located the body of a missing Lakeland man Friday morning, October 11, 2024, after he wandered away the night before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

83-year old Marco Grillo was reportedly in the late-stages of Alzheimer\u2019s disease, and had a heart condition and bad circulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marco\u2019s wife, Suzanne told detectives that the couple had been sleeping in their van at the front of their Alderman Road neighborhood due to their home being flooded by heavy rain during Hurricane Milton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At about 7:31 am, the PCSO Air Unit spotted the victim\u2019s body floating beneath the surface of the flood water behind the couple\u2019s residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDespite Mr. Grillo being found in his backyard, the area was so flooded that our Aviation Unit had to direct deputies on an airboat to him. Our prayers are with his family.\u201d \u2013 Grady Judd, Sheriff<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation is ongoing, and an autopsy is pending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lakeland man with late-stage Alzheimer\u2019s found dead after wandering away after Hurricane Milton Deputies from the Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office located the body of a missing Lakeland man Friday morning, October 11, 2024, after he wandered away the night before. 83-year old Marco Grillo was reportedly in the late-stages of Alzheimer\u2019s disease, and had a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":72967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[121,503,604,603,16,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-72968","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pcso","8":"tag-death","9":"tag-hurricane","10":"tag-hurricane-milton","11":"tag-milton","12":"tag-pcso","13":"tag-polk-county-sheriffs-office"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winterhavendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_8112-1.jpg?fit=1140%2C641&ssl=1","aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t