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Philadelphia Police Search For Missing Endangered Woman

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Philadelphia Police are asking for your help finding an endangered woman that has been missing since Thursday afternoon.

Philadelphia Police say at about 2:30 p.m., 29-year-old Christina Sankey was with her care giver shopping at Macy's department store at 1300 Market Street.

While inside the store, Sankey was separated from her care giver and wandered off.

The care giver alerted security and notified police.

Central Detectives responded and reviewed video surveillance from the store that shows Sankey getting onto an escalator from the second floor to the first floor at 3:10 p.m., but is not seen on video again.

Police say Sankey suffers from Autism and does not have the ability to speak.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Christina is asked to contact Central Detective Division at 215-686-3093 or dial 911.

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