Body of missing elderly woman with dementia pulled from Miramar canal
MIRAMAR - The family of a missing elderly woman suffering from dementia and Alzheimer's said her body was pulled from a Miramar canal on Wednesday evening.
The family of the missing 81-year-old Fort Lauderdale mom said they now have closure.
Carol Tormey, 81, was last seen 11 days ago.
Her truck was also pulled from a canal near Southwest 196th Avenue, south of Pembroke Road after being discovered by a fisherman.
Her daughter posted a message thanking everyone for the love and support and announcing her mother had passed. Saying that the family can begin to heal.
Tormey was last seen July 21 in Fort Lauderdale. She left her apartment around 8:30 p.m. in a Chevrolet Colorado that she had not driven in two years. Her family said they did not know why she left or where she was headed.
When they realized she was gone, they contacted the police, and a Silver Alert was issued for her.
They said information from the air tag in her vehicle showed that she drove around Fort Lauderdale and up to Deerfield Beach and then headed back south to Dania Beach before ending up in Miramar.
In the days after her disappearance, they passed out flyers and asked anyone who may have seen her to contact the police.
Sunshine State Sonar also assisted in the search. They spent 48 hours searching waterways within two blocks of Miramar Parkway and discovered 12 submerged vehicles, however, none were Tormey's vehicle.
