Anderson police are asking the public for help locating Joyce Evans, a 73-year-old woman who has been reported missing. She was last seen on Oct. 13 at 213 S. Towers St. in Anderson, South Carolina, wearing a gray shirt, black pants and tennis shoes, according to WYFF.
Anderson Police are asking for the public's help in locating a 73-year-old woman who has been reported missing, according to WYFF. The station reports that investigators have released few details beyond her last known location and what she was wearing when she disappeared.
What Police Know So Far
According to the station's report, Evans was last seen on South Towers Street nearly a week ago, dressed in a gray shirt, black pants and tennis shoes. Investigators have not released additional details about her physical description or the circumstances surrounding her disappearance.
South Carolina law requires law enforcement agencies receiving a missing-person report to arrange immediate entry of the person’s information in the national missing-persons file, notify on-duty officers, issue a statewide lookout to other agencies and send the report to the state Missing Person Information Center. The law also calls for contacting local media when appropriate, making the public appeal part of a broader state-and-national alert process. South Carolina’s missing-person statute sets out those steps.
Investigators are asking anyone with information about Evans' whereabouts to call 911, per the same account. No further updates on the search have been made public at this time.
South Carolina also has an Endangered Person Notification System for missing people believed to have Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, autism or another cognitive impairment. Activation requires law enforcement to find a credible safety threat and enough identifying information to share; the state’s criteria also call for a local or regional advisory first. SLED’s criteria make clear that age alone does not establish eligibility. Police have not publicly said whether Evans has a cognitive impairment or whether an advisory has been considered.
