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A woman with dementia has been found dead near a set of railroad tracks in Georgia, according to police

The woman has been identified as 77-year-old Lillie Mae Wade

Wade's body was found on Oct. 27, three days after she was reported missing on Oct. 24

A woman has been found dead near a set of railroad tracks in Georgia, three days after she disappeared.

Lillie Mae Wade, 77, was reported missing on the night of Friday, Oct. 24, according to an initial news release shared by the Athens-Clarke County Police Department.

Wade’s last known location was Dairy Pak Road around 6:20 p.m. on Friday. This location is about two miles away from her home, which police said was on Hancock Avenue, according to the Athens Banner-Herald .

The woman, who had dementia, was found dead

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