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Central Texas town mayor found, silver alert discontinued

Posted at 10:15 PM, Apr 19, 2016
and last updated 2016-04-20 17:19:28-04

The Morgan's Point Resort 78-year-old mayor has been found after a silver alert was issued for him on Tuesday night. 

The silver alert was discontinued before 11:30 p.m. when  Lampasas Police Department found Kenneth Wayne Steger. His family picked him up shortly after. 

Police started the search for Steger after he was last seen at his home at 7:30 a.m on Tuesday and couldn't be reached on his cell phone. He was later seen in San Antonio driving his vehicle at 2 p.m.

According to the DPS silver alert, they believed the senior citizen's disappearance posed a credible threat for his own health and safety. 

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