Norma Yates, 62, was last seen in the late afternoon of July 29, 2023, in the Atco section of Winslow Township, New Jersey. A neighbor called police for a welfare check after noticing she seemed disoriented; officers found her near her trailer on Vineyard Road charging her cell phone and gave her a bottle of water. She walked back toward her home around 5:00 p.m., and that was the last confirmed sighting.
The next morning Norma missed a planned coffee meeting and could not be reached. Family members found her trailer in an unusually messy state and discovered she had left without any personal belongings: her cell phone, pocketbook, debit card, shoes and identification were all inside. Norma was the primary daytime caregiver for her grandchildren and had no car. She is described as a white female, 5 feet 1 inch, about 130 pounds, hazel eyes, shoulder-length brown hair, with a ladybug tattoo on her back right shoulder.
Investigators from the Winslow Township Police Department and the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office searched the area and checked neighborhood surveillance; they later followed an unconfirmed sighting in Atlantic City from the day she disappeared. There is no evidence at the home indicating what happened, and her movements after returning home that evening remain unknown. If anyone saw Norma on or after July 29, 2023, or has information about her whereabouts, please come forward.