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Missing Ventura County Woman Found Alive More Than Three Days After Disappearance

(Ventura County Sheriff's Office photo)
Missing Ventura County woman found alive in orchard

An elderly woman with dementia who disappeared from her family’s Ventura County home over the weekend was found alive this afternoon in an avocado orchard.

Judy Wurtz was found about four miles away from where she was last seen in Somis Sunday afternoon. The 76 year old woman was airlifted to a hospital for evaluation. Wurtz was the focus of a big air and ground search, which included everything from helicopters and drones to search dogs, and mounted units.

Someone apparently found her in the orchard off of Old Balcom Canyon Road.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.