Tonganoxie police asking for help in finding missing resident
Tonganoxie police are asking for the public’s assistance in a missing-person case.
Law enforcement officials are trying to find Loretta J. Jewell, 57, a Tonganoxie resident who has been missing nearly two weeks.
Jewell, a white female who is 5 feet 5 inches tall and 120 pounds, has brown medium-length hair and brown eyes.
She last contacted her family on Oct. 18 and has not had contact with them since that day.
Jewell owns and drives a silver 1999 Ford Crown Victoria sedan with Kansas license plate 567 HLM. It is a Leavenworth County tag (county abbreviation LV).
Jewell has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and is thought to be off her medication, according to a police media release.
Anyone with information about Jewell should contact Leavenworth County dispatchers by calling 913-682-5724, 913-724-1313 or 855-301-8423.