April 29, 2025 4:00 a.m.

A Yoncalla man who had been missing since early Saturday returned home safely on Monday evening.

Late Monday afternoon the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office put out a release asking for help from the public in finding 69-year-old Lyndon Cullison. The man had reportedly left his home perhaps to go shopping in Cottage Grove or Roseburg and was driving an older Hyundai sedan. Cullison was known to use Interstate 5 to travel. Family members reported that he had recently begun to display symptoms of dementia.

Just over an hour after notifying the public that Cullison was missing, a DCSO update said the man was back at his residence and was safe.

No further information was released by DCSO.