UPDATE: Marie Marino has been found safe.

According to Lafayette police, Marino was found safe and unharmed at a friend’s house around 3:00 a.m.

ORIGINAL STORY:
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – The Lafayette Police Department has issued a Silver Alert for a missing elderly woman.

They are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 85-year old Marie Marino.

According to Senior Corporal Bridgette Dugas, Marino suffers from dementia and was last seen on Monday at approximately 1:30 p.m. at her residence in the 100 block of Gayle Street.

She was last seen wearing a nightgown.

Anyone who knows where she is should call 911.