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| Police searching for a missing 78-year-old woman from Conwy say they are "extremely concerned" for her well-being. | Police searching for a missing 78-year-old woman from Conwy say they are "extremely concerned" for her well-being. |
| Lena Rowlinson has been missing since early Saturday when she left her Colwyn Bay warden-controlled flat. | |
| Her disappearance was "completely out of character", said police. She has not taken her bag, purse or bus pass. | |
| Police, an RAF helicopter and the coastguard took part in the search of the north Wales coastline on Sunday. | Police, an RAF helicopter and the coastguard took part in the search of the north Wales coastline on Sunday. |
| Mrs Rowlinson, who is originally from the Stockport area, is 5ft 6in tall, with blue eyes and bobbed white hair. | |
| She was not believed to be wearing her glasses when she disappeared from her flat. | She was not believed to be wearing her glasses when she disappeared from her flat. |
| If Lena is reading this appeal I urge her to get in touch and let us know she is safe and well, Superintendent Barry Jones | |
| Mrs Rowlinson is thought to have left her home at about 0730 GMT on Saturday and was reported missing by her daughter at around 1600 GMT the same day. | |
| Holyhead Coastguard withdrew from the search on Sunday after finding nothing when it combed the coastline from the beach and from lifeboats off-shore. | |
| Other searchers were continuing to look in nearby woodland for Mrs Rowlinson, who was wearing a three-quarter length turquoise mackintosh, a hat similar to a bowler hat, black casual trousers and black shoes. | Other searchers were continuing to look in nearby woodland for Mrs Rowlinson, who was wearing a three-quarter length turquoise mackintosh, a hat similar to a bowler hat, black casual trousers and black shoes. |
| Superintendent Barry Jones, from North Wales Police, said: "It is quite unusual for Lena to go missing in these circumstances and we are extremely concerned for her well-being." | Superintendent Barry Jones, from North Wales Police, said: "It is quite unusual for Lena to go missing in these circumstances and we are extremely concerned for her well-being." |
| He said CCTV footage showed her leaving her private sheltered accommodation on Conway Road, Colwyn Bay. | He said CCTV footage showed her leaving her private sheltered accommodation on Conway Road, Colwyn Bay. |
| Medical treatment | |
| Police have found no reason why she should have been going anywhere at that time. | Police have found no reason why she should have been going anywhere at that time. |
| There was also an unconfirmed sighting of Mrs Rowlinson on Kings Road at around midday on Saturday when a woman was spotted walking down the road wearing similar clothing, said Supt Jones. | |
| Mr Jones added that Mrs Rowlinson appeared to have left home without "any visible means of support" and had been receiving medical treatment. | Mr Jones added that Mrs Rowlinson appeared to have left home without "any visible means of support" and had been receiving medical treatment. |
| "If Lena is reading this appeal I urge her to get in touch and let us know she is safe and well," he said. | |
| Police want anyone who may have seen her or knows of her whereabouts to get in touch. | Police want anyone who may have seen her or knows of her whereabouts to get in touch. |