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A Virginia sheriff says a 69-year-old woman who went missing last week has been found alive in a dense pine forest less than a mile from her home.

A 69-year-old woman was found alive on Monday in a densely wooded pine forest after she was missing for eight days in Prince Edward County.

Aletha Gee Walton, 69, suffers from dementia, her family says. She was sitting on a tree stump when searchers located her. "God was with her the whole time," he sister says.

A 69-year-old Virginia woman who went missing last week was found alive Monday in a dense pine forest less than a mile from her home, the local sheriff...

Aletha Gee Walton's friends and family expressed gratitude Monday after their loved one, missing for more than a week, was found alive in the woods near her Virginia home.

A Virginia sheriff says a 69-year-old woman who went missing last week has been found alive in a dense pine forest less than a mile from her home.

The search for Aletha Gee Walton began May 17, when her family discovered she was missing and alerted authorities, Prince Edward County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement posted online. Walton was last seen at her home in the Simplicity area two days earlier, officials said.

A search is underway for a missing 69-year-old woman from Prince Edward County who was last seen Sunday.