ORANGE COUNTY, N.C. -- A woman missing from Orange County has been located.

  • A 75-year-old woman went missing on Wednesday
  • She suffers from dementia.
  • She was found alive in a drainage ditch.

Maryanne Rosenman, 75, who suffers from dementia, went missing early Wednesday morning.

Searchers received a tip from a motorist that she may have been seen walking down the street.

Thanks to that tip, investigators managed to locate her in a drainage ditch in between her home and the road.

Her condition is now unknown at this time, but the sheriff's office is describing the search as "successful."

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