The Santa Barbara Police Department is asking the public's help locating a missing woman who suffers from Dementia. Nancy Riordan, age 61, was last seen around 2:30 p.m./Found SAFE!

updated: Oct 15, 2012, 5:20 PM
Source: SBPD
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The Santa Barbara Police Department is asking the public's help locating a missing woman who suffers from Dementia. Nancy Riordan, age 61, was last seen around 2:30 p.m. near the Shoreline Café, 801 Shoreline Drive. She is 5-0, 105 lbs., with her hair in a long dark-grey braid. She was wearing a straw hat, aqua colored blouse, and light colored pants. She is a good walker. She is known to enter and sit in unlocked vehicles, or loiter in a business. She does not speak other than say ‘yes' or ‘no.' She is unable to say her name or where she lives. Currently, SBPD officers, members of the SBSO Search and Rescue, and family members have joined the search. Anyone with information is urged to call SBPD Dispatch at 805-897- 2410.

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Aww, she looks like a real sweetheart. I sure hope they find her and bring her home.

By Giana Magnoli, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @magnoli | Published on 10.15.2012 5:15 p.m.

A helicopter was deployed Monday evening to help find a woman with dementia who went missing earlier that day.

Nancy Riordan, 61, was last seen at the Shoreline Café around 2:30 p.m., and a wide search effort began.

She was found walking along the beach by the helicopter crew at about 5:50 p.m., according to the Santa Barbara Police Department.

The woman was transported to the Santa Barbara Airport to be picked up, according to emergency radio traffic. No other details were immediately available.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department Search & Rescue Team, Santa Barbara police and family members joined the search, said police Lt. Paul McCaffrey.

Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Mark Williams said the woman was a member of Project Lifesaver.

Participants – with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, or other memory and judgment disorders – have wristbands that transmit signals to specific receivers and directional antennas, so people can be tracked and found quickly if they ever wander off. The Search and Rescue team is deployed in these cases to help locate the missing person, according to the Sheriff’s Department.

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SO HAPPY she was found Safe! I think these wristband transmitters are literally lifesavers.

I just posted it and put up a google alert; however the google alert did NOT immediately show that she had been found. I had to dig to find it so even google alerts are not 100% accurate. Just happy she is OK.