The Department of Children and Families was called to investigate after an 85-year-old Villager twice reported her car was missing.
The 85-year-old Village of Silver Lake woman on June 12 contacted law enforcement to report that she believed her 1999 Oldsmobile had been taken from her driveway, according to an incident report from the Lady Lake Police Department.
She said she had taken the vehicle to a food market and had no memory of how she had arrived back at her home without her car. An EMS crew was called to the house and it was determined the woman had not been taking her medication. Several food products in her pantry and refrigerator were covered in mold.
In May, she had reported her car was stolen, but it was found by a Marion County sheriff’s deputy in the parking lot of Wal-Mart in Summerfield. It was towed back to her home.
The woman told police she lives alone. She has daughters who live out of state and contact her once a month by phone.
