COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The extremely cold weather that pushed through the state this week has left one man dead.
Columbia police said they discovered the 80-year-old man's body under the Blossom Street Bridge.
Harold Kenneth James apparently died from hypothermia after temperatures plummeted, police said.James went missing last week from the senior citizen home where he lived. Police said he suffered from dementia and likely wandered away.James used to be homeless, police said, and they think he may have been familiar with the area.Homeless advocates are urging people who live on the streets to head to a shelter during the brutally cold nights.
Columbia police said they discovered the 80-year-old man's body under the Blossom Street Bridge.
Harold Kenneth James apparently died from hypothermia after temperatures plummeted, police said.James went missing last week from the senior citizen home where he lived. Police said he suffered from dementia and likely wandered away.James used to be homeless, police said, and they think he may have been familiar with the area.Homeless advocates are urging people who live on the streets to head to a shelter during the brutally cold nights.
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