Missing
Juliah Karwitha
Karwitha, approximately 2015
Date and time person was reported missing : 11/03/2015
Missing location (approx) :
Los Angeles, California
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
Black
DOB : 07/12/1949 (72)
Age at the time of disappearance: 66 years old
Height / Weight : 5'3, 120 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A green sweater, black pants, a brown scarf, a brown hat and blue shoes.
Medical conditions : Karwitha takes medication for a blood pressure issue. She doesn't have her medicine with her.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Karwitha is from Kenya and speaks English with a pronounced Kenyan accent. She had a bruise on her cheek at the time of her disappearance.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Karwitha is from Kenya and was visiting her son in Los Angeles, California at the time of her disappearance. She had arrived in August 2015 and planned to stay through the holidays. Her son stated she became increasingly forgetful after her arrival in the United States.
Karwitha left her son's apartment on November 3, 2015 to go for her morning walk and never returned. She was last seen outside the VCA Animal Hospital in the 6900 block of Reseda Boulevard, about two blocks from her son's home, at 8:30 a.m. She was walking south toward Bassett Street. She has never been heard from again.
Karwitha left all her belongings behind, including her medication, cellular phone and identification. The circumstances of her disappearance are unclear and her case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Los Angeles Police Department
213-996-1800
September 2021 updates and sources
California Attorney General's Office
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The Los Angeles Daily News
NBC Los Angeles
October 12, 2004. May 3, 2018; .
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