FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Authorities and family members are searching for a missing elderly woman.
Concerned relatives passed out missing person flyers in Dania Beach Tuesday after 81-year-old Carol Tormey - diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and dementia - was reported missing Sunday night.
“Two years ago she was diagnosed with dementia, so we have taken her car away from her,” said John Tormey, Carol’s son. “Sunday, my dad took a nap and he woke up and the car was gone and she was gone.”
Fort Lauderdale police quickly issued a Silver Alert with Carol’s picture and the 2018 Chevrolet Colorado she was believed to driving.
“She gets tired quickly, she gets disoriented and I’m just hopeful whoever sees her will call us,” said Niria Tormey, Carol’s daughter-in-law.
Carol is believed to have left her Fort Lauderdale home along the 1500 block of South Ocean Lane.
License plate readers show she traveled north on US-1 to Deerfield Beach before turning around and heading back south, where the truck was last spotted near Sheridan Street and A1A, but relatives could still track her.
“We have air tags with her,” said John Tormey. “There is one in her purse, one in her keys and one in the truck, and those were spotted going west on Miramar (Parkway).”
It’s there the Apple air tags could no longer be traced.
“All three were destroyed at the same time, or the signal was lost at 12:44 a.m.,” said John Tormey.
With each minute that passes, the concern for Carol grows as her family remains hopeful she will be found and brought home safe.
“I think that there is good people out there in this world and I think that she is with one of them, but she just can’t express to them what her name is,” said John Tormey.
Anyone who thinks they have seen Carol or her vehicle is urged to call the police.