Update from Marion County Sheriff’s Office (March 22 at 1:45 p.m.): The couple has been located and is safe.
Original article (March 22 at 9:30 a.m.):
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing and endangered elderly couple.
According to an MCSO release, 93-year-old Wendall Crist and 90-year-old Joan Crist left a home on SW 95th Avenue in Ocala to meet family in Fort Lauderdale, but they never arrived.
They were traveling in a white 2015 Mercedes-Benz CLA with Florida tag DPSS84. On March 19 at around 3:30 p.m., their vehicle was observed heading eastbound on State Road 200 near SW 60th Avenue in Ocala. A neighbor possibly observed them near SW 95th Avenue on March 20.
Wendall is 5’9” and weighs approximately 130 pounds, and Joan is 5’3” and weighs approximately 120 pounds. Both of them have blue eyes.
If anyone has seen Wendall or Joan, please contact the Marion County Sheriff’s Office by calling 911.