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Missing Woman, 78, Suffering Alzheimer’s Found

Update 8 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013

Prince William police said a woman missing from her home last night was found and is doing fine this morning.

10:30 p.m. 

DALE CITY, Va. — Police are in Dale City tonight searching for a woman suffering from Alzheimer’s who wandered away from her home tonight, according to our sources.

The woman has been missing since 6 p.m. According to scanner traffic, police called in the assistance of Fairfax County’s police helicopter and searched an area above Prince William Parkway and Minnieville Road in the Woodbridge / Dale City area.

Prince William police have yet to release details on this case. We’ll bring you more information as soon as we get it.

 

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