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Kansas City, Kansas police seek help to find 61-year-old woman missing for one week

Kansas City, Kansas police were asking the public for help on Tuesday with finding Joannie Wilcox, 61, whose whereabouts were unknown to her family for one week.
Kansas City, Kansas police were asking the public for help on Tuesday with finding Joannie Wilcox, 61, whose whereabouts were unknown to her family for one week. Kansas City, Kansas police

Kansas City, Kansas police were asking the public for help on Tuesday with finding a missing 61-year-old woman whose whereabouts were unknown to her family for one week.

Joannie Wilcox, of KCK, left her home in the 4100 block of North 7th Street around 9 p.m. on Nov. 8 without taking her personal belongings, police said in a statement Tuesday. Her family is concerned about her well-being, including a health condition that requires prescription medication, police said.

Wilcox stands roughly 4-foot-9 and weighs approximately 100 pounds, according to police. She was wearing dark pants and a T-shirt when she was last seen.

Police were asking anyone with information concerning her whereabouts to contact the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.

Bill Lukitsch
The Kansas City Star
Bill Lukitsch covered nighttime breaking news for The Kansas City Star since 2021, focusing on crime, courts and police accountability. Lukitsch previously reported on politics and government for The Quad-City Times.
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