Pembroke Pines Police locate 25-year-old woman who disappeared from detox facility

Courtesy photo. (Pembroke Pines Police Department)

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – The Pembroke Pines Police Department located a 25-year-old woman who went missing on Saturday.

Police said they were looking for Olivia Young, who left the Arete Detox Facility in Pembroke Pines around 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

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Sunday morning police said detectives assigned to the case determined that Young “was admitted to a local area hospital and is receiving treatment for her ailments,” according to a PPPD media release.

Young is diagnosed as bipolar, with psychosis and Schizoaffective Disorder, and suffers from epilepsy and diabetes, according to police.

Young was in the rehab facility 15 hours prior to her disappearance and made comments of self-harm upon her departure, police said.


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