Crime & Safety

Elderly Atlantic County Woman With Dementia Goes Missing: Police

Kathleen Elkow, 85, of Hamilton, has been missing since Thursday, police said.

Kathleen Elkow, 85, of Hamilton, has been missing since Thursday, police said.
Kathleen Elkow, 85, of Hamilton, has been missing since Thursday, police said. (Courtesy of NJ State Police)

HAMILTON, N.J. — An 85-year-old woman from Hamilton Township has been missing since Thursday, police said. Kathleen Elkow has dementia and diabetes, according to New Jersey State Police.

The last contact with her was about 4 p.m. Thursday at her home on Weymouth Road. She was last seen wearing red, white and black checkered shirt with blue jeans and tan sneakers, police said.

Hamilton police urged residents in the Mays Landing, Mizpah and Weymouth area to periodically check any sheds or outhouses on their properties.

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Anyone with information can contact Township of Hamilton Police at 609-625-2700, ext. 1 or call 911.

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