A Silver Alert is in effect Thursday in Los Angeles County for a 68-year-old woman diagnosed with dementia and last seen in South Los Angeles.
Johnnie Griffin was last seen at around 2:45 p.m. Monday at her residence in the 3400 block of Florence Avenue, near Crenshaw Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Griffin was described as a 5-foot-3-inch-tall woman who weighs 190 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a purple head bandana, a black shirt, and burgundy sweatpants.
The Silver Alert was activated Wednesday by the California Highway Patrol on behalf of the LAPD.
Anyone with information regarding Griffin’s whereabouts was urged to call 911.
The Silver Alert program was established by the CHP to issue and coordinate alerts involving the unexplained or suspicious disappearances of elderly, developmentally disabled or cognitively impaired individuals.