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Concern for Missing Leisure World Woman with Alzheimer's (LOCATED)

For Immediate Release: Monday, May 17, 2021

Update: May 18, 2021 - Keum Ja Yu has been located safe and unharmed. Thank you to the resident who saw her early this morning and called police!

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Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing 75-year-old woman with Alzheimer's who resides in the Leisure World of Maryland community.

Keum Ja Yu, of Glen Eagles Drive in Leisure World, was last seen at approximately 8:00 a.m. this morning (Monday, May 17) walking in the area of the community's golf course.

Keum Ja Yu is approximately 5’03” tall and weighs 100 pounds.  She has gray and black hair and brown eyes. Yu was last seen wearing a red sweater with black stripes and red pants.

Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Keum Ja Yu is asked to call 911.

 

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Release ID: 21-192
Media Contact: Sergeant Rebecca Innocenti 
Categories: missing-person