MONTVILLE, NJ — Authorities are asking the public to help find two elderly people missing from Pyramid Mountain.
John Higgins, 77, is described as a white man who is 6 feet, 5 inches tall with white or gray hair. Virginia Taetzch, 87, is described as a white woman who is 5 feet, 3 inches tall with brown eyes and light brown hair.
The pair were last seen at Pyramid Mountain on Boonton Avenue in Montville, according to an emergency alert. Officials said the last contact with either person was at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Montville Township police, the Morris County Sheriff's Office and the Morris County Prosecutor's Office are searching.
Anyone with information should call 911 or Montville police at 973-257-4300.
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