Please take the time to read the information and responses from the family. They did not “keep getting lost.” They had gotten lost before and found their own way home. Obviously, they know how to solve that kind of problem. EVERYONE GETS LOST SOMETIMES. This does not mean “dementia.” I know elderly people in their eighties and nineties who are sharper mentally than many young people.
It has been said repeatedly that they have physical problems and could not walk far to get help. They may have had car trouble, or run off the road where brush hides them from view, or are stuck at the end of some dirt road. They are very unlikely to go to west Dayton themselves. It is too far off their route. They live close enough to Dayton to have heard the news reports of the violence in west Dayton. That is why I am wondering why the search would concentrate part of its efforts on west Dayton. Has the search expanded or did they receive a tip that has not been given to the public?
I gotta agree with you that everyone gets lost sometimes, but generally find their way back, or call someone. But, to be gone all this times raises red flags. Most elderly people do not have dementia, as you said, but most older people don't take off out of the blue, either. I wonder how much cash they have on them? Or did they start using charge cards? I fear the worst right now, and hope for their safety. Like I said, they could be within a mile of where they left, or many miles away. Or...which I pray didn't happen.