DALLAS — After 17 months of searching for a missing 88-year-old Dallas woman , police found and recovered her car in Five Mile Creek. The car, however, was empty. Myrtle Polk is still missing.

Police sources tell WFAA that children found the vehicle upside down in the creek near Wagon Wheels Trail and South Lancaster Road, more than 100 yards from the nearest road. A tow truck and winch were used to pull the vehicle from the creek. Sources tell WFAA that police scoured the banks of Five Mile Creek but found no sign of Myrtle Polk.

Polk was last seen on June 8, 2024, near the 1100 block of Indian Creek Trail in southern Dallas, driving the 2004 Lexus.

WFAA captured footage of the car being recovered. When officers found it, the sedan was overturned, resting on its roof.

Credit: WFAA

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