The community is stepping in to find an elderly San Diego woman suffering from dementia and diabetes who has been missing for nearly two weeks.
Vivian Crowder, 71, disappeared on Oct. 29. She walked away from Natura Spa on La Mesa Boulevard in La Mesa while her relative was getting a treatment.
Surveillance cameras at Pink Rose Cafe, a nearby business, captured her passing by.
La Mesa detectives told NBC 7 on Friday that they confirmed her location later that day, about a mile-and-a-half away, walking east on Grossmont Boulevard under the 125 overpass.
Crowder’s family has been posting missing flyers all over San Diego.
Her nephew, Kenneth, has been searching for his aunt, who he calls “Vivi,” as her large family calls her.
“She has dementia, so she’s confused,” Kenneth told NBC 7. “She’s not from this area, so we are all very concerned.”
Crowder’s dementia diagnosis came about a year-and-a-half ago. She also suffers from diabetes and hasn’t had access to her medication.
Kenneth said his aunt …