AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department (APD) is asking for the public’s help finding a missing elderly woman.
According to APD, 76-year-old Cathie McCown was last seen around 3:45 a.m. Oct. 30 at the Double Tree Hotel-Arboretum, located at 8901 Business Park Dr. in northwest Austin.
Police said McCown is a white woman who is 5 feet tall and weighs roughly 99 pounds. Her hair is dark with a mixture of gray, and she wears it straight. She also has scars on her head and a wrap around her wrist.
At the time of her disappearance, APD said McCown wore Levi’s blue jeans and a red shirt with a salmon-colored undershirt. She was also seen wearing brown leather shoes without socks.
McCown has Alzeimher’s disease and is sometimes nonverbal.
If anyone has any information about her they are urged to call 911 or the APD Missing Person’s Unit at 512-974-5250.