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Missing Grosse Pointe Farms Woman With Early-Onset Dementia Found Safe in Detroit

A passerby in Detroit contacted her family after noticing she was in distress.

Overview

  • Police, relatives, and friends had been searching since Tuesday after 65-year-old Janet Michels left her home in Grosse Pointe Farms.
  • She was first spotted around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday near Wyoming and Michigan Avenue in Detroit, appearing cold and with a scraped knee.
  • The Good Samaritan later approached her again, obtained a phone number, and reached Michels’ husband.
  • Family members met her outside the Mi Pueblo restaurant at Dix and Stair, and she is now back home recovering.
  • Investigators said multiple witness tips helped track her movements after an endangered-missing alert was issued.