A Silver Alert is active for 75-year-old Fe Sulayao, a San Jose woman last seen on foot Wednesday afternoon near Di Salvo Avenue and Forest Avenue in San Jose. She was spotted at 3:45 p.m. wearing a red short-sleeved shirt, shorts, and red Crocs, and police describe her as an Asian woman standing 5 feet 1 inch tall and weighing 101 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Anyone who sees her is being asked to call 911 immediately.
The alert was issued Wednesday night, according to SFGATE, which first reported the details of Sulayao's disappearance and physical description.
A Last Known Location Bordering a Major Hospital
Skyline Healthcare Center is listed at 2065 Forest Avenue, San Jose, California 95128. Di Salvo Avenue ends at O'Connor Hospital, and a VTA stop is named Forest Ave & O'Connor Hospital. It remains unknown whether Sulayao was receiving medical care in the area before she disappeared or whether she has family living nearby.
How California's Silver Alert System Works
Silver Alerts like the one issued for Sulayao are authorized under California Government Code ยง 8594.10, enacted through Senate Bill 1047 in 2012, which lets local police request the alerts when a person 65 or older, or someone cognitively impaired, goes missing under unexplained or perilous circumstances, per the California Highway Patrol. Requests from local agencies are routed through CHP's Emergency Notification and Tactical Alert Center in Sacramento, a 24/7 hub that coordinates broadcast alerts, highway message signs, and public advisories statewide. According to the California Highway Patrol, a Silver Alert is activated when an elderly or developmentally or cognitively impaired person has gone missing and is determined to be at-risk.
Local demographic reporting has examined Santa Clara County's older-adult population. A 2025 profile by the California Department of Aging estimated that about 12% of adults 65 and older in the county have Alzheimer's disease or dementia. According to a Santa Clara County profile from the California Department of Aging, an estimated 12% of adults age 65+ have Alzheimer's disease or dementia. The passage also discusses missing-person incidents involving people with dementia.
A Pattern of On-Foot Disappearances in San Jose
Sulayao's case follows a string of similar Silver Alerts issued for San Jose seniors in recent months. Hoodline reported last week on a Silver Alert for 79-year-old Jose Rodriguez, who went missing on foot near Mac Duee Way and Bagpipe Way in South San Jose. Earlier this year, 56-year-old Quan Phan was last seen on a Thursday morning in San Jose, and a Silver Alert was issued for 71-year-old Imelda Sabanga after she went missing elsewhere in the city.
No further details on Sulayao's condition or the search's progress have been released. Police have not said whether surveillance footage from nearby medical offices or transit lines has produced any leads. Anyone who spots her is urged to call 911 right away.
