Missing woman returns home safe in Palm Desert

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said a missing at-risk woman has returned to her Palm Desert home and is safe.

Deputies were asking for the public’s help when 80-year-old Sheila Cushen went missing around 2:30 p.m. Monday.

She had last been seen driving in south Palm Desert near Mesa View and Portola Avenue when she was reported missing.

The sheriff’s department didn’t elaborate on Cushen’s whereabouts during her disappearance.