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FWC finds dementia patient June 26, 2008 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) law enforcement officers found an 87-year-old woman who had been reported missing and suffering from dementia. The woman had been missing from her home in Holly Lake Trailer Park, in west Broward County, since Tuesday afternoon, and the FWC officers had been called to assist the Pembroke Pines Police Department in finding her. Pembroke Pines police officers couldn’t locate the woman after searching through the night. Because the victim’s home is near the Everglades, the police department called the FWC for assistance, whose law enforcement officers have specialized training and equipment to search in remote and wilderness areas. On Wednesday at 12:30 p.m., FWC officer Lindsay Bruening and reservist officer Paul Mercier found the woman lying in tall grass, next to an unpaved road in a wooded area, near NW 4th Court and Heritage Circle. Although the woman was conscious, she was weak, dehydrated and appeared overheated. “She was unaware of what was going on, but we were very happy to see her,” Bruening said. “We gave her a little water to drink, and she perked up.” The officers called for an ambulance and poured water over her to cool her down. The woman was transported to Memorial Hospital Pembroke and is expected to fully recover. |
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