Urgent search continues for missing 73-year-old Adair Townsend

Emergency services across Nova Scotia are continuing to ask for help from the public to locate 73-year-old Adair Townsend. Searchers have been looking for Townsend since she was reported missing on Monday, April 8.

She has a medical condition of a mild case of Alzheimer's and takes regular walks on her own.

Police say new information indicates that Townsend was now last seen on Tuesday morning in the Mount William area near the Trenton Connector and Highway 106 exit 1A.

Police have followed up on several leads to find Townsend but, so far, have not been successful.

Townsend is described as 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighing 110 pounds, and has grey medium-length hair. She was wearing a dark grey/blue coat, black Doc Martin boots, and glasses.

In a statement, police say, "Emergency Services including the Pictou County District RCMP, RCMP Police Dog Services, Nova Scotia Volunteer Search and Rescue Teams, Pictou County Volunteer Fire Departments, Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forestry Aircraft Patrol Unit and the New Glasgow Regional Police continue to search in the areas of Mount William area and the Trenton Park areas."

Police ask the public around the Brookside Avenue, Park Road, and Mount William areas to check sheds and backyards and to spread the word through the community and social media on the whereabouts of Adair Townsend.

If you have information on Adair Townsend's whereabouts, call the New Glasgow Regional Police at 902-752-1941. You can provide information anonymously by calling Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submitting a secure web tip at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca, or using the P3 Tips App.