Search For Elderly Woman Focuses On Remote San Bernardino Area

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Authorities searched the remote areas of San Bernardino County on Monday for an "at-risk" Huntington Beach woman after her vehicle was found in the area.

Police are also asking for the public's help in locating Willie Jim Norman, 81, who has dementia and was last seen Tuesday at her home in Huntington Beach.

She is black, 5 feet tall and weighs about 145 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes.

Norman's SUV, a blue Jeep Cherokee, was discovered by a hiker on an isolated road northwest of Lytle Creek, nearly 70 miles from her home.

Hot weather is a concern to search crews in the area with dogs and deputies on ATVs.

"She doesn't know that area," Huntington Beach Police Officer Jennifer Marlatt said. "She may not last long without food and water and the inability to get back to her car."

According to Norman's family, she has a daily routine where she travels 2 miles from home to run errands and work out.

Her daughter told Huntington Beach police her mother did not show for her usual workout at noon Tuesday at her 24-hour Fitness Center. Medicine for dementia and blood pressure, which she needs to take daily, were also left at her home.

Anyone with information regarding Norman is asked to contact Sheriff's Dispatch at (909) 387-8313