Crime & Safety

Missing Woman Found


Marcella Somerville, 66, who lives in South Carolina but was visiting her sister in Maine Township, was found Thursday, the Cook County Sheriff's office said. 

Earlier: Woman Missing from Maine Township

Somerville had been missing since May 9, and did not have her medication, which she takes for schizophrenia, according to the Sheriff's office. 

She was found near Higgins Road and Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago's Jefferson Park neighborhood, attempting to take a bus to Golf Mill Shopping Center. Once there, she planned to buy some clothes and look for a hotel.
The Sheriff's office said she was in good health, she was reunited with two of her sisters, and she now has her medications. 

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