Crime & Safety
Update: Missing Woman, 78, Found
South Gate police were asking the public to help identify a woman who went missing and was later found.
MARINA DEL REY, CA — A 78-year-old woman who went missing Monday in South Gate was found.
Authorities sought public help Monday to find Silvia Ochoa De Hernandez was last seen about 10:30 a.m. Sunday at South Gate Park, 4900 Southern Ave., according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
She could possibly be near or in the Marina del Rey area, Sean Palos of the South Gate Police Department told Patch.
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She is Hispanic, 5 feet tall, weighs 116 pounds, and has gray hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a black sweater, blue pants and black shoes.
"Ms. De Hernandez ... has memory loss and requires medication," according to a sheriff's department statement.
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Anyone with information about her whereabouts was urged to call the sheriff's Missing Persons Unit at 323-890-5500, South Gate police at 323-563- 5436, or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS.
- City News Service and Patch Editor Nicole Charky contributed to this report.
Editor's Note: This story was updated with the woman found.
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