A Silver Alert is out for a 77-year-old Fairfax District woman with dementia who vanished overnight. Myraline Whitaker was last spotted around 11:30 p.m. Thursday in the 100 block of The Grove Drive, according to police.
Where Whitaker Was Last Seen
The California Highway Patrol issued a Silver Alert on behalf of the LAPD for Whitaker, and as mynewsla.com reports, she was last seen in the 100 block of The Grove Drive. Whitaker is described as Black, standing 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing about 120 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a blue dress with flowers and black shoes.
Anyone with information on Whitaker's whereabouts is being asked to call the LAPD's Wilshire Division at 213-922-8205 or dial 911.
How California's Silver Alert System Works
Silver Alerts like the one issued for Whitaker are activated through a system tied to the California Highway Patrol. Per the California Highway Patrol, the alerts go out when an elderly, developmentally impaired, or cognitively impaired person goes missing and is determined to be at risk.
Silver Alerts are designed to provide immediate information to the public in hopes that a vulnerable missing person can be found before harm comes to them. The public is asked to report any information about Whitaker to police.
