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A search was underway Monday for a 78-year-old woman with dementia who went missing from the unincorporated Whittier area.

Anna Magaziotis was last seen at 7:30 a.m. Sunday on the 4000 block of Overcrest Drive, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Magaziotis requires daily medication and her family is concerned for her well-being, sheriff’s officials said.

She is white, 5 feet 1 inch tall, 130 pounds, with brown eyes and short gray hair, wearing a purple shirt, beige pants and a red scarf.

Anyone who has seen Magaziotis or knows where she might be was asked to call the sheriff’s Missing Persons Detail at 323-890-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.

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