The community is stepping in to find an elderly San Diego woman suffering from dementia and diabetes who has been missing for nearly two weeks.
La Mesa police and the RAD Movement — a nonprofit coordinated search-and-rescue volunteer group — are searching everywhere for Vivian Crowder, who disappeared on Oct. 29Vivian Crowder, 71, disappeared on Oct. 29. She walked away from Natura Spa on La Mesa Boulevard in La Mesa while her relative was getting a treatment.La Mesa detectives told NBC 7 on Friday that they confirmed her location later that day, about a mile-and-a-half away, walking east on Grossmont Boulevard under the 125 overpass.
"She has dementia, so she's confused," Kenneth told NBC 7."She's not from this area, so we are all very concerned."Crowder's dementia diagnosis came about a year-and-a-half ago. She also suffers from diabetes and hasn't had access to her medication. Kenneth said his aunt lives in a senior living apartment in Southeast San Diego with a family member.
"She forgets things, and she doesn't know where she is. She does remember family members and things of that nature," he said.La Mesa police and now the RAD Movement — a nonprofit coordinated search-and-rescue volunteer group — are searching everywhere for the 71-year-old. "Other places we need to be on the lookout for her are Logan Heights, downtown San Diego and San Ysidro," Amy Reichert with the RAD Movement said."This whole experience is heartbreaking," he said."It's very stressful for everyone in the family because Vivi is a pillar of our family. She's the oldest of her siblings. She took care of all of them. She took care of all her nieces and nephews like myself.
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