Kathleen Spanel, 64, was last seen the morning of September 18, 2022, after she walked away from her home on County Road 3214 in Atlanta, Texas. She left around 7:40 a.m. without money, identification, or her medication; she is known to experience hallucinations but is described as nonviolent. A Silver Alert was issued that day.

At the time she disappeared she was wearing a purple shirt, blue jeans, and tennis shoes. Kathleen is 5 feet 6 inches tall, about 130 pounds, with gray and white hair and blue eyes. Authorities believed she may have been walking toward State Highway 77 and conducted extensive searches with the Cass County Sheriff’s Office and Texas Parks and Wildlife personnel, but no trace has been found and the case remains unsolved.

If anyone saw Kathleen on September 18, 2022, or has information about places she may have gone that morning, please come forward.