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Missing Mesa woman with health problems found after Silver Alert issued

Sep 14, 2022, 5:42 AM | Updated: 7:00 am

Alma Morell (Photo via Mesa Police Department)...

Alma Morell (Photo via Mesa Police Department)

(Photo via Mesa Police Department)

PHOENIX – A Mesa woman who was the subject of an overnight Silver Alert has been found safe, authorities said.

The Mesa Police Department said Alma Morell, 76, was located Wednesday morning. She had last been seen near University Drive and Gilbert Road on Tuesday at 6:15 p.m., when she left home to run an errand.

Morell was diagnosed with cancer and didn’t take her medication when she left the house. She also has been showing signs of dementia, police said.

She was to be reunited with family.

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Missing Mesa woman with health problems found after Silver Alert issued