UPDATE (8/27)-- The Marquette County Sheriff's Department says information received through social media led to the confirmation of a sighting of the missing woman in Marquette. She was located around 9:45 Wednesday morning in the city, in good health and not in any danger.
Officials say she could not board her flight at Sawyer because her passport was expired.
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SAWYER, MI-- Authorities in Marquette County are asking the public to be on the lookout for a missing woman.
The Sheriff’s Department says the 72-year-old Asian woman was last seen with two suitcases at Sawyer International Airport around 5 a.m. Wednesday. Instead of boarding her plane she walked off in an unknown direction.
The woman is described as being 5 feet tall and heavyset with white and gray hair. She was wearing blue jeans and a long, floral-print jacket.
Anyone with information on the missing woman’s whereabouts is asked to call Central Dispatch at 475-9912.