General · 17 February 2026
Sheriff declares missing woman's family are innocent victims
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Pima County officials have formally stated that the missing 84-year-old's relatives are innocent victims, rejecting cruel online speculation about their involvement. Detectives are currently hunting for a masked man seen on camera abducting her from home on 1 February. To locate her, authorities have deployed helicopter technology to detect signals from the woman's pacemaker while checking a DNA profile found on a glove against national databases.
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