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Police: 68-year-old woman from St. Petersburg missing

Posted at 5:31 PM, Jul 23, 2016
and last updated 2016-07-23 21:58:12-04
UPDATE:  Cecile Bruce has been located and returned to her nursing home.  She was located around 8:30pm Saturday night near her old house in St. Petersburg.
 
Original Story:
 
The St. Petersburg Police Department is currently searching for a missing person.
 
At 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Cecile Bruce, 68, walked away from the Shore Acres Nursing Home at 4500 Indianapolis Street Northeast, according to police.
 
She was last seen wearing dark blue jogging pants and carrying a teal and white backpack. She is 5'04" in height, 110 pounds, has brown eyes, and her hair is grey/white and of shoulder length.
 
Ms. Bruce has a very mild case of dementia but is not considered to be in any danger. She may be walking to the V.A. Hospital at Bay Pines where she formerly worked.
 
If anyone sees her, you are asked to call the St. Petersburg Police Department's non-emergency phone number at 727-893-7780.