UPDATE – Wednesday – 6/18/2014, 8:30 a.m. – The sheriff’s department says the woman has been found.

EARLIER – Tuesday – 6/17/2014, 6:12 p.m.

WASHINGTON — A Silver Alert has been issued for a Spotsylvania County woman who walked away from her home.

Virginia Dale Alford, who is white, was last seen June 17 at Walker Boulevard in Spotsylvania, Virginia.

Dale is 72, 135 pounds, 5 feet tall and has blue eyes and white hair.

She wore a red shirt and red shorts.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Spotsylvania Sheriffs Office at 540-582-7112 or dial 911.

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