Missing Thurston County woman found safe

UPDATE: Authorities say she has been found safe.

THURSTON COUNTY, Wash. -- The Thurston County Sheriff's Office is searching for Dorothy Free who has been missing for several weeks.

Dorothy goes by the name of "Dottie" and may be in our area or in the vicinity of Pierce County.

Dottie is described as a white female, 40 years of age, 5'4" 180lbs with hazel eyes and brown or reddish hair.

If you have any information on her whereabouts, please have her call her family or Detective F.M. Frawley of the Thurston County Sheriff's Office at (360) 786-5599.