Have You Seen This Missing Northridge Woman?

NORTHRIDGE , CA — The family of an 80-year-old woman who suffers from dementia and Alzheimer's is asking for help finding her after she went missing Monday in Northridge.

According to Los Angeles police, Gloria Amanda Polanco was last seen about 3 p.m. near the 8400 block of Wilbur Avenue, near Roscoe Boulevard.

She is Hispanic, 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs approximately 140 pounds. She has black hair and brown eyes, police said. She was last seen wearing a red sweater with a Mickey Mouse logo and burgundy pants, police said.

Anyone with information on Polanco's whereabouts is asked to call the Los Angeles Police Department's Missing Persons Unit at (213) 996-1800.

City News and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report. Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles police Department