2 grandmothers found after vanishing in Toyota Camry in Miami-Dade, police say

MIAMI-DADE, Fla. – Miami-Dade police officers issued a Silver Alert on Sunday morning asking the public for help with finding two grandmothers who had vanished in Miami-Dade County. Within hours officers said the women were found.

Dania Arias-Rodriguez, 83, and her sister Ana maria Arias-Del Castillo, 84, had last been seen driving away from the area of Southwest 18th Street near Southwest 117th Avenue.

According to Detective L. Averhoff, from the special victims bureau, Arias-Rodriguez was driving the four-door gray 2015 Toyota Camry with Florida tag LNP-F84.

The “Missing Endangered” flyer reported Arias-Del Castillo is visiting from another country. The Miami-Dade Police Department announced the women were found about 6 p.m. Sunday.


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