Woman, 81, with dementia goes missing in East Los Angeles

Authorities Sunday asked for the public's help in locating Connie Patino, an 81-year-old woman with dementia who went missing in East Los Angeles.

Patino was last seen about 2 p.m. Saturday in the 400 block of Nassau Avenue, according to a news release issued by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Patino is a Latina woman who is 5-foot tall and weighs about 90 pounds.

She has short gray hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing a black or gray hoodie with blue jeans.

Anyone with any information as to Patino's whereabouts was urged to call the sheriff's Missing Person Unit at 323-890-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.