Multiple police departments and emergency response teams worked together to find a missing 84-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s Disease who went missing early Friday morning from her Marion home.
On Friday, August 3 at 2:29 am, the Marion Police Department responded to a report of a missing 84-year-old female with Alzheimer’s Disease in the area of Converse Road and Aucoot Ave.
A preliminary search was conducted, with officers of the Marion Police Department, Mattapoisett Police, Rochester Police, Wareham Police, firefighters from Marion Fire/EMS and K-9 units from Mass State Police and Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department.
Also responding to the search were officers from the Marion Harbormaster’s Office and the Southeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council Search and Rescue Team.
At 4:13 am, a K-9 from the Mass State Police located the missing female, asleep in the marsh off Aucoot Cove, a few hundred yards away from her home. She was treated by Marion Fire/EMS and transported to Tobey Hospital, with non-life threatening injuries.
So glad to hear that everything worked well. I just wanted to provide some information on a device that we use for my sister (she is autistic and prone to wandering) that is available through the Bristol County Sherrif’s Department. It is a GPS Bracelet that can be activated in the event that a person who cannot communicate wanders away and cannot be found. This website offers all the information http://www.pcsdma.org/LoJackSafetyNet.asp