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Woman with Alzheimer’s missing after walking away from assisted living facility

Carmela Bravo Cutler (Credit: Norcross Police Department)
Carmela Bravo Cutler (Credit: Norcross Police Department)
By Steve Burns
Sept 19, 2017

An urgent search is underway for an 81-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease who went missing from an assisted living facility in Gwinnett County.

A Mattie's Call was issued for Carmela Bravo Cutler, who was last seen about 8 p.m. Monday when she walked away from the Shekinah Home in the 500 block of Lawrenceville Street, Norcross police said.

She was wearing a blue and green floral shirt with black pants and was carrying a pink and white tote bag.

Cutler is described as 5-foot-2 and 130 pounds with brown eyes and short black hair, according to police.

Anyone with knowledge of her whereabouts is asked to contact police at 770-639-0704.

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