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Authorities Monday sought the public’s help to locate a 32-year-old woman with schizophrenia who was last seen in East Los Angeles.
Candice Monique Artiga was last seen about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 800 block South Gage Avenue, near Salazar Park, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Artiga is Hispanic, 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs 240 pounds, with brown eyes, brown shoulder-length hair and a gold nose ring. She was last seen wearing black and brown pants and a green tie-dye sweatshirt.
The sheriff’s department also noted she may have been heading to the 9600 block of Bert Street in Pico Rivera.
Anyone with information on Artiga’s whereabouts was asked to call the Sheriff’s Missing Persons Unit at 323-890-5500. Anonymous tips can be called in to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or submitted online at lacrimestoppers.org.
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