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Lee’s Summit police find missing 63-year-old woman with dementia

Update: Police say Bruce has been found and is safe.

Police are asking for help finding a woman who went missing Wednesday night in the Kansas City metro area.

Evelyn Bruce, 63, was last seen on foot at 8 p.m. Wednesday at 2252 NE Town Centre Boulevard in Lee’s Summit, according to a release from the Lee’s Summit Police Department.

Bruce is about 5-feet-2-inches tall and weighs 150 pounds, police said. She has black hair, brown eyes, and was last seen wearing a black wig, pink coat, leggings and a leopard print shirt.

She suffers from dementia, diabetes and epilepsy, police said. Bruce had not taken her required medication before going missing.

Anyone who has seen Bruce is asked to immediately call 911 or Lee’s Summit police at 816-969-7390.

This story was originally published September 30, 2021 at 8:53 AM.

Anna Spoerre
The Kansas City Star
Anna Spoerre covers breaking news for the Kansas City Star. Before joining The Star in 2020, she covered crime and courts for the Des Moines Register. Spoerre is a graduate of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where she studied journalism.
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