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Missing woman with dementia found

By WTOP Staff

UPDATE: Martha Booth has been found in D.C. and is safe and well.

WASHINGTON – The Bowie Police department is issuing a Silver Alert for a 77-year-old woman with dementia.

Martha Booth was last seen at 5:30 p.m. near the 3300 block of Crane Highway in Bowie.

Booth stands five-feet tall and weighs approximately 97 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing black pants with white polka dots, a gray sweatshirt and a tan hat.

Booth was driving a 2001 Black Ford Escape with a D.C. license plate number DY-1611, according to police.

If you have any information on Martha Booth’s location, you’re asked to call 9-1-1 or the Bowie Police Department at 301-575-1821.

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