Nortonville Way & Hansen Dr. — Reported Last-Seen Intersection
The California Highway Patrol issued a Silver Alert in Contra Costa County, according to the California Highway Patrol alert bulletin.
The bulletin describes Benjamin as 5 feet tall and 100 pounds, with gray hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing an orange shirt, black sweatpants and white slippers. The intersection is in Antioch, Contra Costa County. The bulletin does not give further circumstances surrounding her disappearance.
What a California Silver Alert indicates
The California Highway Patrol’s Silver Alert criteria cover missing people age 65 or older, as well as people who are developmentally disabled or cognitively impaired. Age or disability alone is not enough: law enforcement must believe the person may be in peril because of factors such as health, disability, environmental conditions or other circumstances. Those statewide criteria explain the alert program; they do not establish what happened in Benjamin’s case…