Missing Woman Found Safe

UPDATE: Agnella Zapotochny was found safe Saturday morning. Police thanked all involved for their efforts to help find her.

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MOORESTOWN, NJ — Moorestown police are asking anyone who was driving along the I-295 corridor on Wednesday if they came across an 84-year-old woman who has been missing for four days.

Agnella Zapotochny suffers from dementia. She went missing from her home on the unit block of Cottage Avenue in Moorestown at about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.

Moorestown police, area first responders, New Jersey Office of Emergency Management Wide Area Search Team and New Jersey State Police personnel have been searching for her since her disappearance, and have developed a timeline for her possible disappearance.

Through interviews with, and surveillance footage obtained from, local business owners, as well as calls from residents, police determined that Zapotochny may have left her home on Cottage Avenue, walked down Camden Avenue, headed south on Lenola Road and crossed over Route 38 onto Route 73 South. She may have last been seen walking on Route 295 North. Police will concentrate their search in that area Saturday morning.

Moorestown Police Chief Lee Lieber stresses that it has not been confirmed that the woman seen on video was Zapotochny, but she was seen in these areas around the same time she disappeared. The last sighting occurred on Wednesday.

He said she was seen in these areas in the middle of a storm that hit the region on Wednesday. It may be possible that a Good Samaritan travelling in either direction picked her up.

She is 5'5," 150 pounds. She was last seen wearing a navy blue shirt with "cape may" light and blue pants with a white stripe. Two images of her are attached to this post.

On Thursday night and Friday, the search focused on the areas of Devon Road, Red Leaf Road, Moore Street and Wilson Avenue.

Concerned residents in the area are also keeping an eye out. Any residents with information or questions or anyone who sees her should immediately call the Moorestown Police Department at 856-234-8300.

The attached images were provided by Moorestown Police and a neighbor of Agnella Zapotochny