Costantina Santora, age 73, was last seen at her Harwood Heights, Illinois, home. She speaks only Italian and was reportedly living with dementia at the time she went missing. Family members say the last known person with her was her son.

Relatives report that the son, Anthony, had cut off other family contact with Costantina for more than a year before she was reported missing. When relatives requested a welfare check at the son’s new apartment, officers found both Costantina and the son gone. Police later learned the son took a one-way flight to Italy; Costantina’s whereabouts remain unknown.

The language barrier and her dementia make her especially vulnerable, and her family is seeking information about her safety and location. Anyone who saw Costantina in Harwood Heights or knows where she might be is asked to come forward.