Missing: 78-year-old woman with dementia, medical ailments

Detectives searched Monday for a 78-year-old woman diagnosed with dementia who needs medication for ailments and went missing in Bellflower.

Marjorie Eppinger was last seen at 3 p.m. Sunday on the 9500 block of Flower Street, according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

She needs medication for diabetes and high blood pressure, officials said.

Eppinger is Black, 5 feet, 5 inches tall, 165 pounds, with brown curly hair and brown eyes, last seen wearing a white long sleeve knitted sweatshirt and blue or white pants.

Anyone with information was asked to call the Missing Persons Unit at 323-890-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.