Elderly Woman Found in Redondo Beach Reunited with Family

REDONDO BEACH, CA - A woman who speaks only Cantonese whose identity wasn't known when she was found wandering in Redondo Beach was to be reunited with her family Friday, police said.

The woman was found about 6:50 a.m. Thursday near 408 Miramar Drive, just east of Pacific Coast Highway, police said.

She had trouble communicating where her home was to an interpreter, and might have had memory issues, Redondo Beach Police Department Sgt. Edward Jackson told the Daily Breeze. Officers took the woman to local landmarks and neighborhoods to see if any of them spurred her memory, Jackson said.

At the request of the Los Angeles County Department of Adult Protective Services, the woman was taken to Little Company of Mary Hospital in Torrance, Redondo Beach police Sgt. Mario Fizulich told City News Service.

Staff with the Department of Adult Protective Services were able to locate the woman's family and arrange for her to be picked up, Fizulich said.

— City News Service, photo courtesy of the Redondo Beach Police Department