Family pleads for answers after 80-year-old woman with dementia vanishes from DeKalb County home

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Police are searching for an 80-year-old woman with dementia who wandered off from her DeKalb County home last week.

The family is still searching and is concerned at this point.

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DeKalb County police are hoping Channel 2 Action News viewers can help them locate Rosa Mae Dawson.

Officers came out and searched near the area of the 2400 block of Jenay Court, the day her family reported her missing.

She was last seen on Nov. 13, wearing a pink long-sleeved pajama pants set and black shoes.

The missing woman’s son, Ricky Dawson, and his entire family are worried about his 80-year-old mother.

Ricky Dawson says his mother has been dealing with dementia for the last five years, but says she doesn’t ever leave their street.

“Every now and then she’d have spells like, “Who is that she wouldn’t remember,” maybe events that happened a couple of d ofays ago. But for the most part, I would probably say 75% of the time she had her wits about her,” Ricky Dawson said.

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Last Wednesday, a relative was here with her but when she left for a doctor’s appointment and came back, the 80-year-old was gone and the door was wide open.

Ricky Dawson believes that his mother is somewhere and the dementia has deteriorated and she doesn’t know who she is or if she’s out there with somebody who is taking advantage of her.

“We just want her back home safely,” Ricky Dawson said.

DeKalb County police searched the neighborhood the day Rosa Mae Dawson vanished and they said they sent out a Mattie’s Call.

Ricky Dawson says he doesn’t know anyone who received the alert on their phone and he’s asking police to send out another one.

“I just want their full support and help. This is an area where they have more expertise than we do on how to conduct this and how to get out,” Ricky Dawson said.

If you know anything about where Rosa Mae Dawson is, call DeKalb County police.

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