Missing senior citizen found at Christmas market: police gives the all -clear!

Missing senior citizen found at Christmas market: police gives the all -clear!

A happy and unexpected turning point in the search for a missing senior woman! The Wörth police were alerted on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, when the 73-year-old, who lives in a senior citizens' facility in Wörth, left her usual home around 5 a.m. Finally, she was seen in Hans-Martin-Schleyer-Straße, and her whereabouts were unknown for several hours. In order to collect information as quickly as possible, comprehensive searches were initiated, in which a helicopter was even used, such as the

found at the Christmas market

The drama came to a happy end when the missing woman was found on the Christmas market in Karlsruhe on the same day at 6:30 p.m. An attentive passer -by recognized the senior citizen and informed the police officers patrolling on site. These immediately carried out a check and confirmed that it was actually the missing woman. "The police initiated a medical examination on Tuesday evening," it said. The report adds that some tips were received by the police during the day, among other things, the senior citizen in Koblenz was spotted, but none of the information could be verified until it was finally found.

The 73-year-old was described as about 1.65 m tall, with a slim figure and shoulder-length gray hair. On Tuesday morning she was wearing a red jacket and a red-brown sweater. Her uncertainty when walking was also emphasized, which increased the concern for her well -being, as it could not be excluded that it was in a helpless situation. As explained the Rhineland-Palatinate police, the public search was necessary to collect decisive information and to find the missing as soon as possible.