Editor’s note: Police said on Feb. 22 that Lucrenzia Mendoza was found and safely reunited with her family.
Long Beach police are asking for the public’s help finding an at-risk 74-year-old woman who went missing Wednesday morning.
Lucrezia Mendoza was last seen around 8 a.m. at a business in the 800 block of Anaheim Street, according to the LBPD.
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It isn’t clear where Mendoza is headed, police said, adding that she has cognitive issues and may become disoriented. She also has no cell phone or car, they added.
Smith was described by authorities as being 5 feet, 1 inch tall, 180 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, blue pajama pants with bears on them and black dress shoes, police said.
Police asked anyone with information to call LBPD dispatch at 562-435-6711 or 562-570-7246.