Police search for missing vulnerable woman in Invercargill

Police are searching for 63-year-old Mary Coakley, who is considered vulnerable due to dementia. She went missing from a Waikiwi rest home on Monday.

Coakley was last seen on Durham Street on Monday. Security footage shows her turning right onto North Road from Durham Street.

She is approximately 160cm tall with short, shoulder-length blonde and grey hair with a fringe. She is believed to be wearing a black hoodie, grey sweatpants, and black shoes with pink laces.

Authorities are asking residents in the Durham Street and Waikiwi areas to check properties, outbuildings, and yards in case she sought shelter overnight. Anyone with information should contact police on 105 using reference 261102/1541.

How it developed

• Tue 3 Nov, 9:49amRadius Care chairperson Brien Cree stated that staff became aware Coakley was missing at 6:20pm on Monday.

Where reports differ

• One report states she went missing from a rest home, while others do not specify the type of facility.
• One report specifies she went missing at 6:10pm on Monday, while another says she was last seen on Monday evening.

Compiled from reports by Otago Daily Times, NZ Herald, The Press, Stuff and RNZ.