An elderly woman with dementia missing in Matanzas is found dead

AMentally disabled elderly woman who had been missing for two weeks was found dead this Wednesday in the Los Arabos municipality, in Matanzas, according to sources close to his family.

Paulina Collazo Diago, known as “Chiquita” and with dementia problems, wasin unknown location since the end of February, according to warningssocial media posts.

This Wednesday, a neighbor confirmed to theThe Scissors page the discovery of his lifeless body. This and othersFacebook profiles who published the news stated thatThe cause of his death is unknown at this time..

In the comments to the publications, the elderly woman's neighbors lamented her death.

“EPD Chiquita, a great woman and neighbor. My condolences to the family and friends and also neighbors,” said a user who knew her.

The woman, according to people close to her, was self-sufficient and used to leave her house every day, but always returned. “That day he left and it seems like he didn't know how to come back,” lamented another young woman.

Some people expressed concern about whether the elderly woman died naturally or someone took her life, information that has not been clarified at the time of publishing this note.

Thedisappearances in Cuba They keep the population on alert, concerned about the increase in cases in recent times. Social networks are the only way that Cubans residing on the island have to make it known that relatives and friends are missing, since there are no official State channels to make these cases public.

Also in Matanzas,Elder José Miguel Benavente Álvarez was found dead, 74 years old, who had been missing since March 2, when he left by bicycle from La Jaiba, where he lived, heading to Paso del Medio, but never arrived.

Days later his relatives found his body on the Ceiba Mocha road. Benavente had suffered an acute myocardial infarction.

The previous week, it emerged that aelderly man who had been absent from his home in Camagüey for six years was found on a street in Cienfuegos in serious condition. A Facebook post made it possible for the family to find their loved one, who had left home in 2018.