ELDERLY WOMAN STILL MISSING.Byline: Holly Edwards Staff Writer CANYON COUNTRY - Sheriff's Department officials continued to search Monday for an elderly woman with Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (ăls`hī'mərz, ôls–), degenerative disease of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that leads to atrophy of the brain and senile dementia. who apparently wandered away from her son's Canyon Country home. Louise Elizabeth Varon, 79, was reported missing about 7:15 p.m. Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. . The Sheriff Department's search-and-rescue team canvassed the area around the home at 28047 Foxlane Drive with two tracking dogs until almost 5 a.m. Monday but were unable to find the woman, officials said. The case was then turned over to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. Missing Persons Division, which continued to investigate the woman's disappearance Monday. Varon has reportedly disappeared from her home on five other occasions. She is said to be in good physical condition and is not taking any medication. Varon is about 5 feet tall, weighs 140 pounds and was last seen wearing beige beige n. 1. A light grayish brown or yellowish brown to grayish yellow. 2. A soft fabric of undyed, unbleached wool. adj. Light grayish-brown or yellowish-brown to grayish-yellow. pants and a brown, short-sleeved shirt with a floral flo·ral adj. Of, relating to, or suggestive of a flower: a fabric with a floral pattern. flo print. |
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