Posted on 06/10/2016 2:45:01 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A woman who was reported missing from her home Wednesday morning was found 24 hours later in a canyon, according to the San Diego Police Department (SDPD).
Police say Jan Mattei, 73, walked away from her home on Caminito Estrellado around 10 a.m. while her caregiver was vacuuming upstairs.
Mattei suffers from dementia and has a history of wandering away from the caregiver. She has done this five times before.
Searchers told NBC 7, Mattei has hidden from them in the past but this is the first time she was missing for so long.
SDPD set up a command post at St. Therese Church/Academy at College and Warning Wednesday night while officers actively searched for Mattei.
Police say search dogs were out earlier on Wednesday day Matteis scent went cold.
On Thursday, police said she was found in a canyon off Easton Court which is about a mile away from her home.
SDPD says the canyon was too steep so they used a helicopter to airlift Mattei out. She appeared to be uninjured but was taken to a local hospital to be evaluated.
San Diego Police, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department Search and Rescue helped in the search. Watch the story here.
ROFLMAO! :)
A good friend’s mom had this problem.Found his mom walking down the middle of the highway in the middle of the night.One of the few times I’ve seen a grown man cry uncontrollably.
The hand is there to catch that disgusting lush when she starts to fall.
I totally understand that. And even after a situation like that, you STILL can’t have someone committed to a place that will actually CARE for them 24/7.
I’ll never understand it. My Dad is failing fast. Instead of him allowing me to be PRO-active and set him up nice, it’s going to take another hospital stay, then a doctor FINALLY saying he can’t live alone.
Then I get to scramble to find a safe place for him. Grrrr!
I never knew what anguish really was till then.
My friend’s Dad did that..except it was the I-35 access road in Central TX. A car hit him, and killed him. Very sad.
In the mean time things like this happen.
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