From Courier-News September 25, 2007

READINGTON: Missing elderly woman found alive; taken to hospital

Eight hours after she was reported missing Monday, a group of more than 50 emergency responders and volunteers found an 87-year-old Alzheimer's patient in a rocky creek bottom, police said today.
The woman was found four feet down ina rocky creek bottom off Readington Road, near Dalley Street, police said. She was wet and suffering from exposure, and was treated by the Whitehouse First Aid and Rescue Squad before being taken to Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township for observation, police said.

A Readington police dispatcher this morning said no further information about the woman's condition was available. Her name was not released.

Police were alerted that the woman was missing after she walked away from her home at about 2:30 p.m. Monday on Latourette Road in the Whitehouse Station section and her family could not find her, according to police.

Aurhorities organized a search that grew throughout the day. At one point, the search party included township police dog Cezar, a New Jersey State Police helicopter and off-duty township police. A message was also sent to local residents via a Reverse 9-1-1 system, police said.

Police then set up a command post and called for volunteers from the township's fire departments, rescue squad, local police departments and police dog units, the Salvation Army and Civil Air Patrol. Other agencies participating in the search included the Hunterdon County Jail Community Emergency Response Team, Whitehouse Station Fire Department, East Whitehouse Fire Department, Readington Fire Department, Hunterdon County Communications, West Jersey Volunteer Canine, Palisades Volunteer Canine and Tewksbury Township Police.

From the Express News Wednesday, September 26, 2007:

READINGTON TWP. | A search-and-rescue operation Monday led to a happy ending when searchers found an elderly woman with Alzheimer's disease who wandered from her Latourette Road home eight hours earlier, township police said.

Family members tried to locate the woman after she left the residence about 2:30 p.m., police said. Two hours later, they called police.

Township police searched the area, then its canine unit and a New Jersey State Police helicopter were called in. Police called for volunteers from the township fire department, rescue squad, area police departments and the Civil Air Patrol.

The search party consisted of about 50 volunteers and police officers.

The 87-year-old woman was found lying about 4 feet down a rocky creek bottom off Readington Road near Dalley Street, police said.

The woman, who was not identified, was treated at the scene and taken to the Hunterdon Medical Center for observation.

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From the Express News Wednesday, September 26, 2007:

READINGTON TWP. | A search-and-rescue operation Monday led to a happy ending when searchers found an elderly woman with Alzheimer's disease who wandered from her Latourette Road home eight hours earlier, township police said.

Family members tried to locate the woman after she left the residence about 2:30 p.m., police said. Two hours later, they called police.

Township police searched the area, then its canine unit and a New Jersey State Police helicopter were called in. Police called for volunteers from the township fire department, rescue squad, area police departments and the Civil Air Patrol.

The search party consisted of about 50 volunteers and police officers.

The 87-year-old woman was found lying about 4 feet down a rocky creek bottom off Readington Road near Dalley Street, police said.

The woman, who was not identified, was treated at the scene and taken to the Hunterdon Medical Center for observation.

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