Update: Leawood Police said early Wednesday morning Robert Newth returned home safely a little after 11 p.m. Tuesday.
They canceled the Silver Alert.
Police said they want to thank family and friends who looked for Newth.
Previous: Leawood, Kansas Police issued a Silver Alert Tuesday night for a missing 81-year-old man with medical problems.
Robert Charles Newth Sr. left his home about 1 p.m. Tuesday near W. 125th Street and Roe Avenue, according to a news release from Leawood Police Department.
Newth was driving a red 2014 Jeep Cherokee with a Kansas Veteran license plate.
The plate number is 80BDE.
There is also vanity plate with the word Lollipop on the front of the SUV.
He is white, 5 feet, 9 inches tall, and weighs 192 pounds.
Newth has gray hair and blue eyes.
He was wearing a baseball cap, red nylon pullover shirt and blue corduroy pants.
Anyone with information about Newth should call 911.
