LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said the body of a Lakeport woman who went missing on Monday has been found.
Authorities said the body of 75-year-old Shirley Schield, 75, was found at 11:20 a.m. Wednesday in a brushy area approximately one quarter mile from her residence in the Northport Trailer Park, located at 5020 Lakeshore Blvd.
The sheriff’s office said foul play is not suspected and an autopsy is scheduled for later this week to determine her cause of death.
Schield, also known as Carol Mann, had last been seen leaving her home at around 3 a.m. Monday, the sheriff’s office said.
The sheriff’s office said she was carrying a dog leash and headed on foot toward the Lakeport area on Lakeshore Boulevard.
Schield’s family had told authorities that she may have suffered from dementia.
On Tuesday, the Lake County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue and Kelseyville High School K-Corp continued the search for her in the north Lakeport area.
On Wednesday, the Marin County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue and the California Rescue Dog Association joined the search.
Also on Wednesday, the sheriff’s office had asked residents to check their properties for Schield and also to check footage on their surveillance cameras.
Early Wednesday afternoon, the sheriff’s office confirmed the search had ended with the discovery of her body.
The sheriff’s office offered condolences to Schield’s family.
The agency also thanked the Marin County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue team and the California Rescue Dog Association for their help with the search.
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Authorities locate body of missing Lakeport woman
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