Elderly Woman Reported Missing, Last Seen In Santa Monica

SANTA MONICA, CA – Police are searching Thursday for a missing 79-year-old woman who was last seen in Santa Monica. Jo Ann May Roth was last seen about 9 p.m. Tuesday at a Chevron gas station at 1732 Lincoln Blvd., near the Santa Monica (10) Freeway and Olympic Boulevard, police said.

Roth is white, 5 feet 2 inches tall, about 125 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. She was driving a silver 2014 Honda Accord sedan with California license plate 7HBM437.

Anyone with information regarding her whereabouts was asked to call (213) 996-1800 to speak with Detective Palmer of the Los Angeles Police Department's Missing Persons Unit.

City News Service and Patch staffer Emily Holland contributed to this post; Image via Los Angeles Police Department