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Winnipeg family organizes community search for missing 60-year-old woman

Winnipeg Police Service is asking the public for help in finding  60-year-old Cathy Curtis .
Winnipeg Police Service is asking the public for help in finding 60-year-old Cathy Curtis . Family handout

WINNIPEG — The family of 60-year-old Catherine Curtis is sending out a plea to the public for help after she disappeared Monday morning. Curtis was last seen on surveillance footage leaving Grace Hospital at 9:43 a.m.

Surveillance footage shows 60-year-old Catherine Curtis leaving Grace Hospital Monday morning. Family handout

Curtis’ daughter  Janelle DePeazer tells Global News she had been in hospital being treated for anxiety and depression since April 13, and had permission to go out on walks. But DePeazer says it’s very out of character for her to wander off, and not return.

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The family is organizing a search group today, asking any volunteers who can help, to meet at the Sturgeon Heights Community Centre at 210 Rita St.

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Family will be handing out flyers in the area and has taken to social media using the hashtag #findcathy

The Winnipeg Police Service released a description of Curtis Tuesday morning, asking anyone who’s seen her to contact them.

Curtis is 5’4″ tall, thin build, 85 pounds with long white hair worn in a ponytail and blue eyes.

She may be wearing a blue jacket, plaid pants, white sneakers and a white baseball cap or knitted grey toque.

 

 

 

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