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Fallbrook resident Sally Estabrook, age 76, was last seen Oct. 4 at a Julian campground, from where she wandered away. Mrs. Estabrook has Alzheimer's.
Fallbrook resident Sally Estabrook, age 76, was last seen Oct. 4 at a Julian campground, from where she wandered away. Mrs. Estabrook has Alzheimer's.
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At about 8:30 tonight the search in the Scripps Ranch area was called off after a tip called in today at 3:45 turned out to be a woman who looked similar to Mrs. Estabrook.
Authorities investigating possible sighting of Sally Estabrook, 76-year-old missing Fallbrook woman
SAN DIEGO - Authorities today investigated a possible sighting in Scripps Ranch of an Alzheimer's disease patient who went missing in the East County highlands this month.
The San Diego Police Department received a call about 3:45 p.m. from a person who may have spotted Sally Estabrook, 76, in the area of Spring Canyon Road and Semillon Boulevard, a dispatcher said.
Patrol officers and deputies searched the area with help from a sheriff's helicopter crew but did not immediately locate the missing Fallbrook woman. The effort was expected to continue into the evening hours, the dispatcher said.
Over the weekend, volunteer search-and-rescue team members fanned out again around Pinezanita RV Park and Campground, where Estabrook went missing on the afternoon of Oct. 4, apparently wandering off while her husband was taking a shower.
Her son-in-law, Dave Mustaine, frontman of the rock 'n' roll band Megadeth, spoke at a news conference Friday, urging the public to keep an eye out for her and asking hospital, shelter and hospice employees to make sure Estabrook had not ended up at one of the facilities as an unidentified patient.
Estabrook is white, 5 feet 4 inches tall and about 145 pounds, with shoulder-length blond hair. She may be wearing a teal top and white Capri pants.
She tends to be uncommunicative but may respond to her name, according to sheriff's officials. Anyone who sees a woman matching her description is asked to call 911 immediately.
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