Authorities Thursday sought the public’s help to find a 66-year-old woman who went missing from Lancaster.
Maria Bertha Lomeli was last seen about 9 a.m. Wednesday in the 44000 block of 3rd Street, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Lomeli is Hispanic, 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighs 155 pounds, and has brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a black coat, a blue dress, a red hat and a “cast boot” on her right foot.
“Ms. Lomeli suffers from mental health issues and is medication dependent,” a sheriff’s department statement said. “Her family is concerned (for) her well-being and is asking for the public’s help.”
Anyone with information was urged to call the sheriff’s Missing Persons Unit at 323-890-5500, or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS. Tipsters may also use the website lacrimestoppers.org.