Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Endangered Sarasota Woman Found By Deputies

Sheriff's Office helicopter, K9 and mounted patrol searched for Diedre Figliola, who has been missing since Wednesday morning.

Update: The Sarasota County Sheriff's Mounted Patrol has located Diedre Figliola, who was reported missing Wednesday. She is being transported for medical treatment, according to the sheriff's office.

Original: The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office is searching for Diedre Figliola, 69, who walked away from her home in the 5300 block of Huntingwood Court in Sarasota this morning and has not been seen since.

Figliola is 5’6” tall, 95 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a bright pink or purple shirt and white pants.

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Air-1, K9 and Mounted Patrol are assisting in the search in and around The Meadows. An alert from “A Child is Missing” is sending an urgent message to all phone numbers within a quarter-mile radius of her home.

Anyone who sees Figliola should call 911 or the non-emergency number 941-316-1201.

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