Missing 83-year-old woman with dementia found safe

Photos of Barbara Sessler from the Redmond Police Department. 

REDMOND, Wash. — UPDATE: Redmond police said in a Twitter post that Barbara Sessler, who was missing since Thursday afternoon, has been found safe.

ORIGINAL STORY: Officers with the Redmond Police Department are asking for the public's help in finding a missing woman.

Police said Barbara Sessler, 83, wandered away from her home, located in the 2000 block of 152nd Avenue Northeast, Thursday afternoon.

Anyone with information on Sessler's location is asked to call 911.

Sessler was last seen wearing a brown-and-white sweater and blue-and-white pants and was carrying a Nordic walking stick, police said.

KIRO 7 will continue to update this story as more information becomes available.

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