FOUND: LASD Searching For Missing Santa Clarita Woman With Dementia

UPDATE: A missing Santa Clarita woman has been found safe, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD).

At-risk missing person Donna Lee Puglisi was found safe by the San Bernadino Sheriff’s Department, according to Deputy Robert Jensen with the Santa Clarita Valley LASD Station.

Original Story: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Missing Persons Unit investigators are asking for the public’s help locating at-risk missing person Donna Lee Puglisi.

Puglisi is an 82-year-old White woman who was last seen at approximately 12 p.m.  on the 15000 block of Condor Ridge Road in Santa Clarita on Sunday, Aug. 18, according to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department.

Puglisi is 5 feet 5 inches tall and 140 pounds. She has red hair and hazel eyes and was last seen wearing white jeans.

Puglisi is believed to be driving her blue 2006 four-door Lexus LS430, License plate 5TAM473, with her family dog. Puglisi suffers from dementia, and her family is concerned for his well-being.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Missing Persons Unit at (323) 890-5500.

If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call “Crime Stoppers” by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google Play or the Apple App Store or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org .

Ed. Note: This story has been updated to reflect the fact that Puglisi has been found.

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