LOWER BURRELL, Pa. — An 85-year-old Lower Burrell woman with dementia who disappeared over the weekend has been found dead in the passenger seat of her next-door neighbor's pickup truck.
Sheila Creevey's family and police had been searching for her since Saturday after she apparently wandered away from her home. Her family says she had dementia and was taking a new medication.
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“A lot of our residents contacted us through Facebook wanting to know how they could help. We mustered up a volunteer squad who went door-to-door handing out fliers,” Lower Burrell Police Chief Tim Weitzel said.
Police believe one of those fliers resulted in her neighbor finding her body Tuesday morning.
“From my understanding, that’s what this resident did. Once he received a flier, he just decided to do another check -- and he located her this morning, unfortunately passed away,” Weitzel said.
Weitzel said the investigation suggests Creevey had not been in the vehicle the entire time she was missing.
“She was in the truck and she had locked the doors. She had her purse with her. She had her money and everything was still intact. Nothing would lead us to believe that she was robbed or anything to that effect,” Weitzel said.
An autopsy will determine her cause of death.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.