A 79-year-old woman reported missing from Southwest Miami-Dade County has not been in contact with family or friends, and authorities say she is classified as an endangered adult who may need services. Lydia Bermudez is described as 4 feet 11 inches tall and weighs around 140 pounds. Deputies are asking anyone who has seen her to come forward as the search continues.
According to WSVN, Bermudez was last seen near the 5000 block of SW 93 Court in Miami at approximately 2 p.m. on Sunday. The station reports that authorities do not know what she was wearing when she was last seen, which has complicated efforts to identify her if spotted in public.
Conflicting Details on Her Last Known Area
Not every account of Bermudez's disappearance lines up. bocapost.com reports that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued a Florida Silver Alert for Bermudez listing her last known area simply as Miami, in Miami-Dade County, without the more specific street location cited elsewhere. The outlet's flyer description lists her as a white female with gray hair and brown eyes, matching the height and weight given in other accounts.
Law enforcement contact information for the case also varies depending on the source. Bocapost.com reports that FDLE is directing anyone with information to contact the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office at 305-743-7433 or to call 911. The same report's reference to the Silver Alert designation offers one way the public can flag a potential sighting quickly.
How to Report a Sighting
Separately, officials cited in the WSVN report urge anyone with information to contact Deputy M. Eloi at 305-715-3300 during office hours or 305-715-3275 at his desk, email [email protected], or reach out to Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS (8477). The station's report notes that Bermudez has not made contact with family or friends since she was last seen, a detail that has heightened concern among investigators given her classification as an endangered adult.
No information about her clothing or current whereabouts has been released, and neither of the two accounts resolves exactly where in Miami-Dade she was last confirmed to be. Anyone who may have seen Bermudez is encouraged to reach out to the law enforcement contacts listed above.
