SC SC - Barbara Brunson, 66, Sumter, Aug 2008

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http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8808907

08-08-08

Sumter police are asking for help finding a woman who walked away from an assisted living facility, and not for the first time.
Barbara Brunson is 66 years old, and for the past five years she's lived at Greene's Residential Care Facility.

But on Monday, employees, reported to the Sumter Police Department that she walked away. She hasn't been seen since.

And what's scarier, her medical chart shows she's mildly retarded, has dementia, schizophrenia, hypertension and is a diabetic.

and

...this has happened five times in the past six months.

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Barbara Ellen Brunson – The Charley Project

  • Missing Since: 08/04/2008
  • Missing From: Sumter, South Carolina
  • Classification: Endangered Missing
  • Sex: Female
  • Race: Black
  • Age: 66 years old
  • Height and Weight: 5'5, 140 pounds
  • Clothing/Jewelry Description: A brown and red shirt, blue jeans, red socks, black shoes and a purple scarf.
  • Medical Conditions: Brunson suffers from dementia, schizophrenia, hypertension and diabetes, and she is mildly mentally disabled.
  • Distinguishing Characteristics: African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Brunson has missing front teeth.
Details of Disappearance
Brunson was last seen in Sumter, North Carolina on August 4, 2008. She had been living at Greene's Residential Care Facility for about five years. That day she asked some staff for some hair products and said she'd wait for it on the porch, where residents of the facility often sat. She apparently walked away and has never been heard from again.

This was the fifth time in six months that Brunson had wandered away from the care facility; they had wanted to transfer to a more secure facility, but there were no openings. The police didn't realize she was missing until twelve hours after she was last seen, and an extensive search turned up no sign of her. Few details are available in her case.

Investigating Agency
  • Sumter Police Department 803-436-2700
  • Sumter County Sheriff's Office 803-436-2014
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