Authorities are asking for the public’s help in finding a 71-year-old woman with dementia who went missing nearly a month ago in La Mesa.
The last confirmed sighting of Vivian Crowder was early on the afternoon of Oct. 29, the La Mesa Police Department reported. At the time, she was walking alongside state Route 125 over Interstate 8, dressed in black pants, a blue-and-brown floral-patterned shirt, turquoise-colored shoes, a blue denim jacket and a beige head wrap.
The sighting was called in to the California Highway Patrol at the time, but she was not located after a check of the area.
“We are hoping that a good Samaritan picked her up and drove her someplace, and, if so, we hope they will contact us and let us know where they took her,” police Lt. Katy Lynch said.
People who came into contact with Crowder — who “is friendly and would talk to anyone” — around the time she disappeared reported that she “appeared very confused,” Lynch said.
Anyone who might be able to help locate Crowder is asked to call La Mesa police at 619-667-7537.
