Crime & Safety

Missing Woman Found In Mission Viejo

Orange County Sheriff's Department searched Monday for a woman, 72, who went missing in Mission Viejo.

Orange County Sheriff's Department is searching for Rafif, a missing woman, 72, who went missing in Mission Viejo. She speaks Farsi and may be confused.
Orange County Sheriff's Department is searching for Rafif, a missing woman, 72, who went missing in Mission Viejo. She speaks Farsi and may be confused. (Mission Viejo Police services Photo)

MISSION VIEJO, CA — Mission Viejo Police Services located a 72-year-old woman who went missing midday Monday, the Orange County Sheriff's Department said.

The woman, identified as Rafif, wandered away from her home near Marguerite and Trabuco.

She is 72 years old, thin, 5 feet tall, brown hair, possibly wearing glasses, and is of Middle Eastern descent.

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"She speaks Farsi and may be disoriented," a spokesperson for the department said.

She was returned safely to her family Monday afternoon, hours after her disappearance.

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