Police searching for missing Essex woman
Posted: Aug 08, 2014 1:04 PM EDT
Updated: Aug 08, 2014 1:08 PM EDT
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Mona Uckele
COLCHESTER, Vt. -
Police in Colchester and Essex are asking the public for help finding a missing woman with Alzheimer's disease.
Mona Uckele, 52, was reported missing by family members early this morning.
Uckele was last seen in the area of Route 2A and Route 289 at about 9 a.m. Thursday. She called family members at about 7 p.m. Thursday, to say she was getting on a bus in Burlington to return home to Essex, but she never arrived. She then called her family early Friday morning to say she was lost in Burlington.
Investigators say Uckele's cellphone was last active in the area of East Road and Depot Road in Colchester at 2:41 a.m. Friday.
Uckele is white, with brown hair. She is 5-feet-6 and weighs 160 pounds. She was last seen wearing black and white shorts, a pink sweatshirt and carrying a blue purse.
Anyone with any information is asked to call Essex Police at 878-8331 or Colchester Police at 264-5555.
