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A Statewide Silver Alert has been declared.

This Silver Alert is in reference to the Parke County Sheriff’s Department investigating the disappearance of 68-Year-Old, Betty J. Capps.

Betty is missing from Mecca, which is 64 miles East of Indianapolis, and was last seen on Thursday, June 29.

She is believed to be in extreme danger and may require medical assistance. 

Her description is a white female, 5 feet 3 inches tall, 180 pounds, with brown hair with blue eyes, a tattoo of a butterfly on her right leg, and driving a Gray-2007-Ford-Focus-Indiana registration 190TPH.

If you have any information on Betty J. Capps, contact the Parke County Sheriff’s Department at 765-569-5413 or 911.

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