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Police: Margate woman who suffers from schizophrenia vanishes from driveway of home

Silvia Vivieca. (Margate Police Department)

MARGATE, Fla. – Margate police are searching for a woman who was reported missing Thursday night.

According to police, Silvia Vivieca, 74, was last seen by her sister around 9 p.m. Thursday standing in the driveway of a home in the 6500 block of Northwest Ninth Street.

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Police said Vivieca’s sister had stepped away momentarily and when she returned, Vivieca was gone.

According to authorities, Vivieca suffers from schizophrenia and has issues with memory loss.

Police described her as a Hispanic female who is about 5 feet tall and weighs about 110 pounds. She was last seen wearing a white shirt, a long gray and white skirt and was carrying two suitcases – one black and one gray.

Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to call the Margate Police Department at 954-972-7111 or email police at mpd@margatefl.com.


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