Marion Police find missing woman

Aug 3, 2012

After a near two-hour search, the Marion Police Department found a missing woman early on Friday morning.

An 84-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease was reported missing at 2:29 a.m. in the area of Converse Road and Aucoot Avenue, according to police reports.

A preliminary search was conducted, with officers of the Marion Police Department, Mattapoisett Police, Rochester Police, Wareham Police, firefighters from Marion Fire/EMS and K-9 units from Mass State Police and Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department.

Officers from the Marion Harbormaster’s Office and the Southeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council Search and Rescue Team also assisted with the search.

The woman was found at 4:13 a.m. by the K-9 unit from the State Police. She was asleep in the marsh off Aucoot Cove, a few hundred yards away from her home, according to police reports.  She was treated by Marion Fire/EMS and transported to Tobey Hospital, with non-life threatening injuries.