CENTREVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – The search continues for a missing woman from Three Rivers with Alzheimer’s and dementia.
The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Office says 73-year-old Marilee Furlong left her daughter’s home on Flatbush Road on Monday, May 29 around 9 a.m.
The search continued Thursday, June 1 in the area where she was last seen through the use of foot and vehicle patrols along with a drone provided by a Pokagon Tribal Police DNR Officer.
The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Office also made contact with the Michigan Professional Search and Rescue Council to arrange for additional resources which were used the next day on Friday, June 2 to include multiple K-9 and drone searches, as well as searches by foot, horseback, and by vehicle.
The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Office has been working directly with the Cass County Sheriff’s Office due to the search locations occurring inside of Cass County.
The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Office requests that anyone with information that could lead to locating Marilee Furlong contact the St Joseph County Central Dispatch Center at 269-467-4195.
Original story from Monday, May 29:
CENTREVILLE MI (WKZO AM/FM) – The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department is asking the public for assistance in locating a Three Rivers woman who has been reported missing
73-year-old Marilee Furlong left her daughter’s residence on Flatbush Road near Three Rivers at around 9:00 a.m. Monday.
She was last seen wearing red long-sleeve pajamas, but she could have also changed into a red/pink plaid button-up shirt with a green undershirt and blue jeans.
Marilee is believed to be wearing grey and blue sneaker type shoes and carrying a brown leather purse.
She has Alzheimer’s, and also suffers from dementia.
Marilee is a fair skinned white female approximately 5’8” and 120 pounds with long grey hair most likely in a ponytail and hazel eyes.
Deputies say it is unknown where she might be headed.
Anyone with any information is urged to contact the St Joseph County Central Dispatch Center at 269-467-4195.
