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🚨 Update: Missing Person Located Safely 🚨

The Santa Maria Police Department is pleased to report that Maria Avila has been safely located.

We would like to thank our community in Santa Maria for your assistance, awareness, and quick response in helping bring this situation to a safe resolution. Your support makes a difference.

No further information is being released at this time.

Missing Person At Risk – Community Assistance Requested 

The Santa Maria Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing at-risk person.

Maria Avila, 54 years old, was last seen around 5:00 PM in the area of McCoy Street and Depot Street in Santa Maria.

Maria has medical conditions that place her at risk.

Description:
    •    Hispanic female adult
    •    5’02”, slender build
    •    Short brown hair
    •    Last seen wearing a light-colored puffy vest over a pink collared shirt and blue pants

If you have seen Maria Avila or have any information on her whereabouts, please contact the Santa Maria Police Department immediately (805) 928-3781 ext 2277 or call 911.

Authored by: Matthew Kline, Patrol Lieutenant
                     Santa Maria Police Department
                     (805) 928-3781 ext. 2277