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Miami police find missing elderly Miami woman 12 hours after asking for help

SUNDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE: Zayas has been found, according to Miami police.

Miami police asked for the public’s help as they searched for a missing 90-year-old woman.

Ines Margarita Zayas, a resident of the Flagami area, had been missing since Sunday. Police notification via social media that Zayas had been found came Monday afternoon 12 hours and 21 minutes after the public notification she’d been missing.

Ines Margarita Zayas
Ines Margarita Zayas Miami Police Department

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This story was originally published September 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM.

David J. Neal
Miami Herald
Since 1989, David J. Neal’s domain at the Miami Herald has expanded to include writing about Panthers (NHL and FIU), Dolphins, old school animation, food safety, fraud, naughty lawyers, bad doctors and all manner of breaking news. He drinks coladas whole. He does not work Indianapolis 500 Race Day.
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