Search Underway for Missing Endangered Elderly Couple

BROOKSVILLE – A search is underway for an elderly couple who disappeared yesterday afternoon from the home on Star Road.

Officials say 76-year-old Albert Allen and his wife 73-year-old Cynthia Allen were last seen on Tuesday at 3:15 p.m., when they drove away in their green 2005 Saturn Relay minivan bearing Florida tag 0016TM.

Mr. Allen suffers from dementia and is deaf. Cynthia is partially paralyzed from a recent stroke.

Neither took their medications with them when they left.

Mr. Allen's cell phone last pinged within a 3-mile radius of Hernando Oaks, off U.S. 41 in Brooksville.

Allen is described as a white male, 5'10", 235 lbs., with green eyes and white hair.

Cynthia is described as a white female, 5'3", 240 lbs., with blue eyes and white hair.

Both are considered to be endangered.

If you have seen Mr. or Mrs. Allen or know their current whereabouts, please call the Hernando County Sheriff's Office at 352-754-6830 or your local law enforcement agency.