Silver Alert: Lane County SO Search and Rescue searching for missing Bend woman, 76, and her car in Lowell area
LOWELL, Ore. (KTVZ) – Lane County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue were still searching in the Lowell area late Wednesday night for a missing 76-year-old Bend woman suffering from memory issues and dementia who was believed to be driving in the area on Tuesday.
Cheryl Leigh Guajardo last was believed to be driving near Highway 58, possibly on West Boundary Road, sheriff’s Sgt. Tim Wallace said.
“She is known to drive between Eugene, Bend and Portland to go shopping,” Wallace said in a news release late Wednesday night.
Wallace said the sheriff's office had received a call from the family earlier Wednesday, prompting the search that was still under way late Wednesday night. The area had seen temperatures just above freezing, he noted.
Guajardo is described as a white female adult, about 5-foot-8 and weighing about 118 pounds, with long white hair and dark eyes. She does not use a walker or cane and does not wear glasses.
Guajardo last was seen driving her white 2022 Toyota RAV4, Oregon license plate D4 79 00, Wallace said.
The Lane County Sheriff’s Office has requested a statewide Silver Alert through Oregon State Police. Anyone with information about Guajardo’s whereabouts is asked to contact the sheriff’s office at 541-682-4141.
