Woman With Dementia Missing In Bradenton: Sheriff

BRADENTON, FL — Deputies are seeking the public’s assistance in finding a missing 69-year-old woman with dementia, the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

Michelle E. Puffenburger, who has been missing since around 7 p.m. Monday, was last seen driving her 2004 gold Honda Accord with the Florida license plate JL89B in the area of 5300 14th Street W. in Bradenton, the sheriff’s office said.

Puffenburger was following someone else to her home when she became lost while driving. She has dementia, doesn’t have her medications with her and wouldn’t know her way home without assistance, the sheriff’s office said.

She is about 5 feet, 4 inches tall and about 140 pounds. Puffenburger has gray hair and blue eyes and was last seen wearing a floral nightgown.

Anyone with information about her is asked to contact the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office at 941-747-3011.