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Police Searching For Missing Elderly Woman From Kensington

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Philadelphia police are asking for the the public's help in locating an elderly woman who was reported missing from her home in Kensington.

Seventy-three-year-old Nu Vuong was last seen by neighbors around 4 p.m. Friday leaving her home in the 1900 block of East Oakdale Street.

Police say Vuong does not speak or understand English; she only speaks Vietnamese.

Authorities say she maybe in the early stages of Dementia.

Ms. Vuong is 5'2", 1o0lbs, dark complexion; with brown eyes and gray hair. She was last seen wearing a orange jacket. She's known to frequent Sugar House Casino.

Anyone with any information on her whereabouts is asked to contact East Detective Division at 215-686-3243 or call 911.

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