An elderly man with dementia who went missing in Malibu , California, was found thanks to thermal imaging technology attached to a drone .
The 78-year-old left his residence at approximately 4:30 p.m. on December 23 to retrieve the mail but failed to return, prompting a missing persons call.
Deputies from the Lost Hills Station responded to the call as temperatures dropped below 50F.
Officers swiftly initiated a search and rescue operation, broadcasting a description of the missing man over the radio and entering his information into the National Crime Information Centermissing persons database…