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Yolanda Howell: Family of missing woman with dementia speaks out
A 78-year-old woman with dementia was reported missing from Country Club Hills last week.
COUNTRY CLUB HILLS, Ill. - A 78-year-old woman with dementia was reported missing from Country Club Hills last week.
Yolanda Howell was last seen at her home near the intersection of 187th Street and Cedar Avenue on Tuesday, Oct. 8 around 1 p.m. She was wearing a black Guess hooded sweatshirt and blue gym shoes.
Howell is 5-foot-7 and weighs roughly 130 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes.
On Thursday, dive teams from the fire department's MABAS districts assisted by searching a pond in the Wolf Park forest preserve. Howell has still not been located.
A large search party will convene Saturday at 8 a.m. at the Wolf Park forest preserve.
Anyone with information about Howell's whereabouts is urged to contact the Country Club Hills Police Department at 708-798-3191 or 911. Anonymous tips can be provided through their SWORN tip line at 708-206-2899.