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Endangered Missing Alert canceled, 85-year-old woman found safe

Van Buren County Sheriff's Office 12032023
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HOLLAND, Mich. — Michigan State Police says a missing and endangered woman was found safe.

An 85-year-old woman left her home in Grand Junction between 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Tuesday.

The Van Buren County Sheriff's Office says she left a note saying she was heading to Holland, possibly to Flagstar Bank; however, she did not return home and was last seen in the Holland area.

State police say someone saw her walking on the south side of Lake Macatawa around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.

The woman is said to have stopped at a house to ask for directions and was later seen on Washington Street, just before 2 p.m., on a traffic camera.

The sheriff's office said the woman did not have her phone with her. Investigators previously believed she was lost somewhere in the Allegan or Holland area, and said she was found in Ottawa County.
and likely is lost somewhere in the Allegan or Holland area.

If you’ve seen Wellington or know where she could be, call 911 or Van Buren County Dispatch at 269-657-3101.

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