A silver alert has been issued for this elderly woman, Rose Bruce of Ormond Beach, reported missing Tuesday. If you see her or her blue 1997 Honda Accord with a Florida license tag, K383JA, please call 9-1-1 immediately.
ORMOND BEACH -- The search for a missing 79-year-old Rose Bruce of Ormond Beach is now in its second day and with an increasing likelihood that she may have been driving around in a lost or confused state, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office is renewing its appeal for the public's help in locating her.
Bruce was reported missing at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday morning and at the time, "family members indicated that Bruce has never gone missing before and hasn't been diagnosed with any type of cognitive impairment," Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said this morning.
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The Volusia County Sheriff's Dive Team recovers the submerged vehicle with the body of Rose Bruce in it, from a retention pond near her Ormond Beach residence as shown here, first with the initial discovery at far left and with the removal of the vehicle in the inset photo.
ORMOND BEACH -- It was a freak accident that led to the tragic death of 79-year-old Rose Bruce, the Walmart employee missing since Monday night for nearly three days before a team of divers found her body in the back seat of her car in a 9-foot-deep retention pond across from her residence.