MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A missing 75-year-old woman with dementia was found safe by python hunters, according to officials.
Darlene Marybell Peck, 75, was previously reported missing Wednesday after her husband returned to their Umatilla home on SE 249th Terrace and noticed she wasn’t there, according to deputies. Investigators said she left the home to go to Ocala around 1 p.m. Tuesday.
She is driving a gray 2013 Nissan Rogue with a Florida tag reading 9556BT. The vehicle was last spotted in the Coral Gables area near Miami around 7 a.m. Wednesday, deputies said.
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According to the sheriff’s office, Peck is 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs 175 pounds. She has brown eyes and gray hair.
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