Crime & Safety
Have You Seen this Missing Venice Woman?
Alzheimer's patient Patricia Ann Smith was last seen in the Venice area Friday.

Police today continued to search for a 66-year-old woman suffering from Alzheimer's disease who went missing Friday from the Venice area.
Patricia Ann Smith was last seen around 10 a.m. Friday in the 1600 block of Shell Avenue, the Los Angeles Police Department reported.
She remained missing as of today, said Sgt. E. Orozco of the Los Angeles Police Department's Pacific Station.
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"Officers in the field have fliers and are canvassing the area while on patrol," Orozco said.
Police were asking for the public's help in locating Smith, who is white, 5 feet 8, 113 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a T-shirt, pajama bottoms and glasses.
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Anyone with any information regarding Smith's whereabouts was asked to call the LAPD's Pacific station at (310) 482-6364.
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