CA CA - Sheila Lopes, 71, Escondido, Aug 2008

Officials have suspended their search for a 71-year-old Alzheimer's patient missing since Thursday, but family members hope the woman will be soon be found safely in the nearly 700-home development she lives in.

Sheila Ann Lopes was last seen by relatives at their home in the 2100 block of Woodland Heights Glen, one of nearly 700 houses in the gated community of Emerald Heights, police said.


http://www.nctimes.com/articles/200...condido/z5c4da643d4fec5f4882574b7000f372f.txt

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northco...n03missing.html

By Debbi Baker
UNION-TRIBUNE BREAKING NEWS TEAM

1:45 p.m. October 3, 2008

ESCONDIDO – The family of a 71-year-old Alzheimer's patient who has been missing since she wandered from her home in late August is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to her return.


Sheila Ann Lopes
Sheila Ann Lopes was last seen about midnight Aug. 28 at the home on Woodland Heights Glen in the Emerald Heights neighborhood where she lives with her 74-year-old husband, Frank, said son-in-law Paul Menth.

Despite an extensive and exhaustive search that included Escondido police, the Sheriff's Department and hundreds of volunteers, not a trace of Lopes has surfaced.

The mystery deepens in that Emerald Heights is a gated community of about 700 homes with 24-hour security and video cameras at the gates, according to Menth. There is no evidence that she ever passed through the enclosures, he said.

more at link

Project Jason
http://www.projectjason.org/forums/index.php?topic=3859.0

Escondido Police Department
http://dojapp.doj.ca.gov/missing/detail.asp?FCN=4560824100354

North American Missing Persons Network
http://www.nampn.org/cases/lopes_sheila.html

The Charley Project
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/l/lopes_sheila.html

Missing In California
http://www.missingincalifornia.com/sheilaannlopes2008.html

Updated Charley Project link
Sheila Ann Lopes – The Charley Project

She was added to NamUs in 2016
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

• 
• 
• 
• 

Lopes, circa 2008

Name: Sheila Ann Lopes
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: August 27, 2008
Location Last Seen: Escondido, San Diego County, California

Physical Description​

Date of Birth: October 16, 1936
Age: 71 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 135 lbs.
Hair Color: Gray or Partially Gray
Eye Color: Blue
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Abdominal C-section scar. Face lift scar behind - L ear and R ear, She's got a slight English accent, Suffers from Alzheimers but is mostly lucid

Identifiers​

Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Available
DNA: Available

Clothing & Personal Items​

Clothing: Last seen wearing teal-green 2 piece sweatsuit.
Jewelry: Gold bracelet (on both wrists), black pearl ring, and diamond wedding band.
Additional Personal Items: White deck shoes.

Circumstances of Disappearance​

Sheila Ann Lopes was last seen by her family around midnight at her home on Woodland Heights Glen in Escondido, California where she lived with her husband. She got up in the middle of the night and walked out the back door. About 10 a.m. the next day, Lopes apparently walked into a nearby house where her daughter used to live in the gated Emerald Heights neighborhood.

The startled resident told her to leave. Lopes has wandered away before, but only in the neighborhood, and a neighbor would walk her back home. The neighborhood is perched on a mountain, and steep slopes lead down to Woodland Parkway in eastern San Marcos and northwest Escondido.

Investigating Agency(s)​

Agency Name: Escondido Police Dept.
Agency Contact Person: Investigator Autumn Milliken
Agency Phone Number: 760 839-4970
Agency E-Mail: Amilliken@ci.escondido.ca.us
Agency Case Number: 08-13074

NamUs Case Number: 35144
NCIC Case Number: Unknown

Information Source(s)​

NamUs
NAMPN
CA DOJ
Escondido Police Department

Admin Notes​

Added: 10/15/17; Last Updated: 05-18-2022 - By: Htmlcnvtr