Elderly woman missing from Marietta senior center

Cobb County authorities are seeking the public’s help to find a missing elderly woman.

Police said Betty Ann Watson, 72, who lives at the Wellcare senior center in Marietta, suffers from dementia and schizophrenia.

She was last seen Friday as she was taking a cab to the Amtrak station in Atlanta, police said. She was last seen wearing a gray jacket and black pants.

Anyone with information is asked to call police.

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