Crime & Safety

Missing Woman Found In Palm Desert

Samantha Smith was reported missing at around 3:30 a.m. Monday in the 76000 block of Begonia Lane.

PALM DESERT, CA — An 85-year-old non-verbal woman with dementia was reported missing Monday from Palm Desert and was found several hours later.

According to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department Palm Desert station, Samantha Smith was last seen at around 3:30 a.m. Monday in the 76000 block of Begonia Lane.

Detectives updated the public that she had been found shortly after 3:30 p.m.

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