Silver Alert Issued For 87-Year-Old Woman In Jurupa Valley
RIVERSIDE COUNTY (CBSLA.com) — A Silver Alert was issued Thursday in an effort to locate an 87-year-old woman who was last seen in Jurupa Valley.
According to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, Betty Jean Toepfer was reported missing around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday from her home located in the 8300 block of 45th Street.
Authorities conducted a search of the area, but were unable to locate Toepfer.
Detectives described her as a Caucasian elderly woman who has blond hair, blue eyes, stands 5-foot-3 tall and weighs 115 pounds.
Toepfer was possibly wearing a blazer type jacket, or sweater, and carried a black purse at the time of her disappearance.
Family members explained she wears a hearing aid and suffers from slight memory loss.
Toepfer does not drive, and is known to take the bus as means of transportation, deputies added.
She does not have a cell phone, and frequents the Jurupa Valley Library located at 8660 44th Street, and the downtown Riverside area.
Anyone with information regarding her whereabouts is urged to contact the Riverside County Sheriff's Department at (951) 776-1099.