An 86-year-old woman who went missing in Ohio on Wednesday was found in Pennsylvania on Friday.
The Geauga County Sheriff’s Office said Marjory Ann Paul was “slightly confused but is in good health” in a Facebook post.
Why It Matters
Over 180,000 adults were reported missing in the U.S. in 2024, according to the FBI‘s National Crime Information Center Missing and Unidentified Person Statistics.
Several weeks prior to Paul’s disappearance, a 76-year-old woman went missing in Texas and was found in Michigan. Karen May Taube was reported missing from an assisted living facility in Denton on May 12 and was found safe by officials over 1,200 miles away on May 20. She was taken to a hospital for medical evaluation “as a precautionary measure” and was expected to return to Denton.
The recent recoveries highlight the importance of interstate cooperation between law enforcement agencies in missing persons cases.
What To Know
Officials said Paul went missing from her home in Burton and was last seen around 9 a.m. She was heading to Bible study in the Chagrin Valley area, possibly in Gate Mills, but she did not make it there.
Geauga County Sheriff’s Office
The sheriff’s office said her vehicle, a red 2014 Chrysler Town and County, was seen on a camera at around 10:30 a.m. Officials said they have information that the license plate was detected by cameras east of Pittsburgh. The city is about a two-hour drive from Burton.
The exact location of where Paul was found and the circumstances surrounding her disappearance remain unclear. Newsweek reached out to the Geauga County Sheriff’s Office for more information.
Several community members said in the comments of the sheriff’s office’s Facebook post that Paul worked as a bus driver.
Paul’s safe recovery comes several weeks after Taube was found alive at a hotel in Houghton Lake, Michigan.
Detectives were notified that Taube had been taken by her sister, Eva Haron, without consent from Willow Bend Assisted Living & Memory Care in Denton. Taube was under court-appointed legal guardianship that excludes Haron from contacting her.
“As we have stated from the beginning, our primary concern was to locate Karen Taube and return her safely to her legal guardian,” the Denton Police Department previously told Newsweek.
What People Are Saying
Geauga County Sheriff’s Office, on Facebook: “Thank you to everyone for their assistance.”
What Happens Next
Anyone with information about Paul’s disappearance is asked to contact the Geauga County Sheriff’s Office at 440-286-1234.
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