Plano Police are searching for Brooke Sanders, a 20-year-old resident reported missing by her caretakers Wednesday from the 3200 block of Dartmouth Drive. Investigators say Sanders was later dropped off in the 3200 block of Lackland Drive in West Fort Worth, a location roughly 50 miles from where she was last seen at home. She has diminished mental capacity and other mental health diagnoses, has no cell phone, and does not drive.
A Vulnerable Woman Far From Home
According to the Plano Police Department’s post on X, Sanders is described as 5 feet 1 inch tall and about 110 pounds, with light brown hair. Witnesses told Plano Police that she was last seen wearing a white spaghetti strap shirt, white shorts, and clear-framed eyeglasses. The department is treating the case as a critical missing person investigation, logged under incident number 2026-181982.
Investigators say Sanders was able to get a ride to West Fort Worth, though the department’s public appeal does not identify who provided that transportation or how the arrangement came about. The roughly 50-to-53-mile trip between the two addresses, spanning Collin and Tarrant counties, would typically take 50 to 60 minutes by car, according to MapSof.net. That distance places the search across two separate police jurisdictions, complicating efforts to retrace her movements.
How Texas Escalates Cases Like This
Cases involving a missing person with an intellectual or developmental disability can qualify for the state’s Endangered Missing Persons Alert, a designation reserved for disappearances that pose a credible threat to the person’s health and safety, per the Texas Department of Public Safety. State rules require local agencies to request that alert within 72 hours of the disappearance, and any activation stays live for 24 hours unless renewed. A separate tool, the CLEAR Alert, created by the Texas Legislature in 2019, covers missing or abducted adults ages 18 to 64 facing immediate danger who don’t meet AMBER or Silver Alert criteria, according to WFAA…