68-year-old woman suffering from dementia who was missing for six days in Northern California was found alive on Wednesday in her snow-covered vehicle.
A woman suffering from dementia who was missing for six days in Northern California was found alive on Wednesday in her snow-covered vehicle.
Paula Beth James, 68, was rescued after the Butte County Sheriff's Office spotted her car from a helicopter. Paula Beth James, 68, suffers from dementia. She was located about three miles from Bambi Inn in Butte Meadows.Her Toyota SUV was about 150 yards off the road in Butte Meadows, a rural area about 200 miles northeast of San Francisco, the sheriff's office said in a statement.
The pilot landed the helicopter near James' vehicle, and was met by rescuers on Sno-Cats, who found her alive in the car and took her to a paramedics' staging area.Photos of the rescue mission show the SUV in a snow-covered rural field surrounded by trees. Police believe James may have become disoriented due to her dementia. The sheriff's office said the search-and-rescue operation took more than 100 hours.
"We are all grateful for this fortunate outcome and wish her a speedy recovery," the sheriff's office wrote.
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