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Missing 92-year-old Orange County woman with Alzheimer’s disease found safe

ORLANDO, Fla. — A missing 92-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease has been found safe in Orange County.

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Deputies said 92-year-old Irma Rivera was found “awake and breathing but disoriented” only a street over from her home.

Rivera was previously seen around 1 a.m. walking away from her home on Wingo Street, near East Colonial Drive and Old Cheney Highway, in Orlando.

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See a map of where she was last seen below:

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Sarah Wilson

Sarah Wilson, WFTV.com

Sarah Wilson joined WFTV Channel 9 in 2018 as a digital producer after working as an award-winning newspaper reporter for nearly a decade in various communities across Central Florida.

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