Public's Help Sought In Locating Missing 21-Year-Old Woman

LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Police Sunday were asking for the public's help in locating a missing 21-year-old woman.

Sunay Morales Diaz was last seen around 11 p.m. Saturday at her Panorama City home in the 8300 block of Sepulveda Boulevard, said Officer Karen Rayner of the Los Angeles Police Department.

"Her family is extremely concerned for her welfare," Rayner said in a statement. "Diaz has the mental capacity of a five-year-old child and requires medication for a medical condition."

The missing woman is Latino with brown hair and black eyes. She is 5'8" and weighs 180 pounds.

Diaz was last seen wearing a gray shirt, purple and white vest, dark blue jeans and red Nike shoes.

Anyone with information as to Diaz's whereabouts is asked to contact Mission Area detectives at (818) 838-9800 or 1-877-LAPD-24-7.

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