A metro Atlanta woman who was reported missing after not arriving at her daughter’s house for Thanksgiving has been found, police said.
Velma Harrison, 80, was found in Rome by someone who recognized her vehicle from the Mattie’s Call that was issued, Dunwoody police said in a Facebook post.
“She will be reunited with her family very soon,” police said.
Harrison, who lives in Dunwoody, was supposed to go to her daughter’s home in Gwinnett County, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution previously reported.
Police originally described the case as an “overdue motorist.”
Harrison was seen at a gas station in LaGrange, which is in west Georgia, according to reports. Her daughter, Tracie Monteagudo, said she got reports of her mother’s credit card being used about 5:30 a.m. Thursday at a Chamblee gas station. Just after 2 p.m., police said she purchased about $30 in fuel in Buckhead.
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