Missing 85-year-old Palm Desert woman found
Update 4:30 p.m.
Samantha Smith has been found safe.
Original Report:
Authorities sought help from the public in locating an 85-year-old non-verbal woman with dementia who was last seen in Palm Desert early today.
Samantha Smith was last seen around 3:30 a.m. Monday in the 76000 block of Begonia Lane, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department Palm Desert station.
Detectives described Smith as a 5-foot-6-inch woman weighing 120 pounds with gray hair and blue eyes, authorities said. She was last seen wearing a blue shirt over a pink shirt, pink pants, and gray or blue socks.
The California Highway Patrol issued a region-wide Silver Alert Monday afternoon. Smith is non-verbal, suffers from dementia and is believed to be on foot.
SILVER ALERT - Riverside County
— CHP - Alerts (@CHPAlerts) March 18, 2024
Last Seen: Begonia Lane and Palm Valley Drive, Palm Desert@RSO
IF SEEN, CALL 9-1-1 pic.twitter.com/lLVo4eyNr6
Anyone with information regarding her whereabouts was urged to call the sheriff's dispatch at 800-950-2444.
