These ‘Junior Detectives’ successfully track down missing 97-year-old with dementia

When 97-year-old Glenneta Belford, a non-verbal woman with dementia, went missing from her home in Roseville, California, the local Police Department made a social media post in the hope that community members may be able to find the missing senior.

To their surprise, Belford was found by none other than five “junior detectives” who had spent their evening searching for the woman on their bicycles after they learned of her disappearance.

After they finally managed to find her, the youngsters called the police department and reported her location.

“As it turns out, they were the team to locate the missing 97-year-old,” wrote the Roseville Police Department Facebook page. “Our surprised dispatchers took the initial call from this team of junior detectives which helped connect officers to the missing person.

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