Alert issued after dementia patients walks away from Marshall nursing home

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Authorities are asking for help to find a woman with dementia who walked away from a Marshall nursing home amid extreme heat on Tuesday.

Shirley L. Swift, 89, was last seen at Hartland Residential Care Center at about 9 a.m. Tuesday, according to an alert issued by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Swift was wearing a light blue striped shirt, blue jeans and orange or red shoes, according to the alert.

She is about 5 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs about 150 pounds with gray hair and brown eyes.

Marshall was under an extreme heat warning on Tuesday, and the heat index had climbed above 90 degrees by 11:15 a.m., according to official readings taken at Marshall Memorial Municipal Airport.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or the Saline County Sheriff's Office at 660-886-5511.