Post Date: 03/16/2015 4:39 PM

Contact: Captain Patrick Halleran (650) 595-7430

Initial Information

Belmont Police continue to search for a 68 yr. old woman with dementia, who left a Belmont elder care facility this morning.

At approx. 11:00am today, March 16, 2015, Belmont Police received a call from Silverado-Belmont Hills Memory Care Facility (1301 Ralston Avenue) that one of their residents was missing. A search for the woman was immediately begun and is on-going as of this press release. Belmont Police were assisted by Belmont CERT Volunteers as well as San Mateo County Sheriff's Search & Rescue Volunteers and an aircraft from the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office Air Squadron.

The missing woman is Sylvia O'Reilley, age 68 yrs. She is 5'3" tall, 185 lbs, short curly brown/gray hair and glasses. She was last seen at 10:00am wearing a gray sweater and blue jeans (see photos). Sylvia has dementia and recently moved to the facility from San Jose. She is described by the staff as very ambulatory and has no problems getting around.

Update

A Silver Alert has been initiated through the California Highway Patrol and a search command center has been established with a designated phone number for the public to call in sightings and tips (650) 637-2948. As of this press release, Search and Rescue Volunteers and Search K9s continue to walk the neighborhoods and businesses in the area of the care facility. Bulletins have also gone out to Bay Area Hospitals as well as Samtrans and Caltrain.

Anyone who see's Sylvia should call 911 immediately. Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.