Silver Alert issued for elderly Greensboro woman

The North Carolina Center for Missing Persons issued a Silver Alert on Saturday for an elderly woman missing from the Greensboro area.

Rudene Franqui, 80, is black, 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 160 pounds. She has gray, shoulder-length hair and brown eyes.

Franqui walks with a slight limp. She was last seen wearing a royal blue windbreaker, gray sweat pants and black moccasins.

She was last seen at 203-F Windhill Court in Greensboro. Authorities believe she may be headed to Tipton, Ga.

Anyone with information about Franqui’s whereabouts is asked to call the Greensboro Police Department at 336-373-2497.