Update: Woman missing for a week returns home and is safe, Sacramento police say
Sacramento police officials announced on Wednesday that a woman who had been missing for a week has returned home and is safe.
On Tuesday, police investigators had asked the public to help find Valerie Collins, 61, who had walked away from her home near Arden Fair Mall on March 9.
The Sacramento Police Department said Collins left her home without her cellphone or wallet, and that she had difficulty walking and might have been using a walker.
“All leads have been exhausted,” police officials said Tuesday as they shared information about Collins’ disappearance on social media in hopes of finding her.
No additional information was provided Wednesday about where Collins was for the past week or how she returned home.
This story was originally published March 16, 2021 at 4:27 PM.
