UPDATE: Plute was found safe around 3 p.m. Wednesday. She was treated by medical personnel at the scene and released to her family. Further details will be released by the Houghton County Sheriff's Office.
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, MI-- Law enforcement is looking for a missing Houghton County woman.
Tuesday around 8:15 p.m. the county Sheriff’s Office was called to a residence on Forsman Road in Franklin township on a report of a missing 75-year-old. The woman is identified as Judith Plute. She suffers from dementia and Parkinson’s Disease.
Plute was last seen wearing a white sweater, blue jeans and white tennis shoes.
A search was launched using the Keweenaw County Sheriff’s Office K-9 team and two Michigan State Police K-9 teams, Houghton City Police, Hancock City Police, Michigan Tech Public Safety, troopers from the Calumet Post, the Houghton County Office of Emergency Measures, and Superior Search and Rescue.
As of 4 a.m. Wednesday Plute has not been found.
Anyone who has any information is asked to call the Houghton County Sheriff’s Office at 906-482-0055.
