Phones across Long Beach buzzed with a Silver Alert from police asking for help finding a 69-year-old woman who went missing Monday afternoon, but police announced she’d returned home not long after.
Police said the woman was last seen in the 3000 block of Fashion Avenue in West Long Beach around 12:30 p.m. She has cognitive issues and can become disoriented, so police issued a Silver Alert at about 5:30 saying they needed help finding her.
A few minutes later, though, Long Beach police sent an update saying the woman had returned home on her own accord, safe and unharmed.