UPDATE: Central Okanagan Search and Rescue (COSAR) said Cathy Wilson has been located safe after a nearly five hour search in the Rutland area.
Search manger Duane Tresnich said the 65-year-old woman, who lives with dementia, was trying to make her way to a previous home in the community.
She was found about 3 kilometres away from where she was last seen.
While COSAR deployed a helicopter and e-bike patrols to help find her, she was ultimately located by one of the many family friends who went out to look for her.
“She’s fine and in good spirits,” Tresnich said.
ORIGINAL STORY:
Kelowna RCMP are asking for the public’s help locating a 65-year-old woman who walked away from her care facility Wednesday afternoon.
Cathy Wilson has dementia, according to police, and gets very confused.
Wilson wast last seen at around 3 p.m. near her care facility in the 100 block of Davie Rd. in Rutland.
She is 5 foot 2 inches tall, has short hair and wears glasses. She was last seen wearing a black dress shirt with white flowers, khaki shorts, green socks and pink running shoes.
“Kelowna RCMP is asking anyone who may have seen Miss Wilson or knows of her whereabouts to please contact the Kelowna RCMP at (250) 762-3300,” Cst. Lesley Smith said.