Missing woman with dementia last seen leaving Chicago home

CHICAGO - Janet Issacs was found in a hospital on Oct. 1. The following story is a previous report.

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A 62-year-old woman with dementia has been reported missing from Chicago's Austin neighborhood.

According to police, Janet Issacs was last seen leaving the front porch of her home in the 4500 block of West End on Sept. 20.

Relatives say Issacs was diagnosed with dementia on Sept. 5 of this year, although she showed signs of memory loss for quite some time. 

Family members tell FOX 32 she’s never wandered off before. 

"She might be in an abandoned building or with someone not treating her right," said sister Elaine Celestin.

"She might not be totally approachable. She’s probably just shy because she isn’t with her family," nephew Jean Celestin II said.

Ring doorbell video captured her leaving the front porch of her home just before 7 p.m. last Wednesday.

Her husband says he was doing work in the backyard.

"She was on the porch for two hours. The first time I looked she was sitting, so I went back to doing what I was doing," Daniel Issacs said. 

The beloved mother, grandmother and aunt hasn’t been seen since.

For the last five days, relatives have organized search parties and distributed flyers to nearby homes. They’ve begged neighbors for surveillance footage in hopes of more clues to her whereabouts. 

They’ve also checked local hospitals and morgues.

"Everybody loved Janet. She was one of the best people I met in my life. That’s why I made her my wife" her husband said.

Issacs is described as having brown hair and brown eyes. She is five-foot-three and weighs about 170 pounds. She was last seen wearing a yellow shirt, blue quilted jacket, blue jeans, dark sandals and was carrying a brown purse.