COLUMBIA, S.C. — Investigators with the Columbia Police Department say a 67-year-old woman who'd been reported as missing has been found safe.
Officers said late Wednesday that Deborah Bell had been located. According to police, someone saw her on Benson Road and called 911. An officer then went to the scene and helped reunite Bell with her relatives.
She had last been seen around 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 11 at the Cookout restaurant at 7440 Garners Ferry Road . People said she'd walked away toward Patterson Road -- about 0.2 mile east from the restaurant.