BSO detectives search for Oakland Park woman with dementia

BSO: Charitable Edmon is from Bahamas, has been in US for 1 month

Charitable Edmon.

OAKLAND PARK, Fla. – Detectives with the Broward Sheriff's Office are asking for the public's help in finding an elderly women with dementia who went missing from her home.

Charitable Edmon was last seen at 9:30 a.m. Friday at her home in the 100 block of Northwest 40th Court in Oakland Park.

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Deputies said Edmon is from the Bahamas and has only been in the U.S. for one month, and she does not have any routine or friends in the area.

Edmon was recently diagnosed with dementia and speaks only Creole, according to BSO.

Deputies described Edmon as 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing 156 pounds. She wore a brown sundress, a white shirt, a black hat and sandals.

Anyone with information about Edmon's whereabouts is asked to call BSO Detective Walter Foster at 954-764-HELP (4357).

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