SLED Issues Endangered Person Alert

by WILL FOLKS

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Agents of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) have issued an endangered person alert on behalf of the Richland County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) seeking assistance from the public in locating a missing woman.

According to SLED’s notification, they are attempting to locate Alice Rawls – who was last seen at 4:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday (September 30, 2026) at 400 Palmetto Health Parkway, which is the address of Prisma Health Baptist hospital in northwest Columbia.

Rawls is 81 years old according to the advisory, standing 5-foot-1 and weighing 150 pounds. She has blue eyes and grey hair. She was last seen wearing a multi-colored dress behind the wheel of a white 2015 Nissan Frontier pickup truck with South Carolina license plate number QUY 584.

Here are the photos issued with the alert…

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“If you see her, or have any information on where she may be, please contact the Richland County Sheriff’s Department or your local law enforcement agency immediately,” the alert noted.

According to RCSD, Rawls “suffers from memory problems, requires medication, uses a walker and could possibly be in danger.”

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UPDATE |

At 9:28 a.m. EDT on Thursday morning, SLED issued an update indicating Rawls had been “found safe.”

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THE ALERT…

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR…

Will Folks is the founding editor of the news outlet you are currently reading. Prior to founding FITSNews, he served as press secretary to the governor of South Carolina. He lives in the Midlands region of the state with his wife and eight children.

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