Police looking for missing 82-year-old Tibetan woman

ILLINOIS -North suburban communities are banding together to help find a missing 82 year old woman who resides in Skokie.

A new surveillance photo shared by police Saturday shows what clothes she may be wearing.

Skokie police said Tsering Wangyal was last seen in the area of the Westfield Old Orchard mall near 9500-block of Bronx Place in on Monday around 3:30 p.m.

She is 5’1″, weighs 160 pounds and has silver hair and brown eyes. Wangyal also wears glasses. Wangyal’s daughter, Tenzin, believes her mom was on her way to the Tibetan  Alliance of Chicago in Evanston for a prayer service before she went missing.

Her family said she does not drive and was likely trying to go by bus to the Tibetan Alliance of Chicago community center on Dempster and McCormick in Evanston.

Police said anyone who knows the whereabouts of Wangyal, observes a subject matching her description, or has any information that can aid in locating her should call 911 immediately.

The Skokie Police Department can also be reached by calling 847-982-5900.

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