April 8, 2021

MDIFW NEWS: Missing Lyman Woman Found Alive And Well

LYMAN, Maine - A missing 79-year-old Lyman Woman who suffers from dementia was found earlier this evening approximately a quarter mile from her home.

The Maine Warden Service, State Police and others were searching for Gail Wicklund of Desert Brook Road in Lyman when she wandered out of the woods and into the backyard of residence almost a quarter mile down the road from where she lived at approximately 7:15 this evening. The man alertly called 911 and Wicklund was reunited with her family.

Wicklund had gone missing at approximately 8:30 this morning when she said she was going for a walk and never returned home. Emergency service personnel had been searching for her since late this morning.