Published on July 05, 2024
Date: July 5, 2024 Incident Type: Missing person Location: All zones Summary:
UPDATE: Bessie Ruth Thompson was safely located. Thank you to everyone who shared the information.
Original post:
Special Victims Unit detectives are asking for the public's help to locate a missing female senior citizen.
Bessie Ruth "Ruth" Thompson, 74, was last seen at 5708 Butler Street between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on July 5, 2024.
Ruth is 5'6", 160, with brown eyes and her hair is in a short gray afro. She also has moles on her face and has some teeth missing. Ruth suffers from dementia and just moved here from Chicago, so she does not know her way around Pittsburgh.
She was last wearing a black silk blouse with flowers on it, black pants, and black/white shoes.
She is not carrying a purse and does not have a cell phone.
Info? Please call (412) 323-7141 or 9-1-1.
Reporting PIO: Cara Cruz
2024-07-05 PIO@pittsburghpa.gov