PATTI WASHBURN - 16 yo/Diminshed capacity - South Hill WA

A 16-year-old girl with a mental capacity of a child half her age is
missing and police are asking for the public's help to locate her.
Patti Washburn was last seen leaving her residence in the 13400
block of 115th Avenue East at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. Washburn is new to
the area and does not know her way around. She also has no friends in
the area.


Washburn is 5-feet, 8-inches tall, 150 pounds with brown hair and
blue eyes. She has glasses, but she may not be wearing them. She could
be wearing a lavender ski Jacket or a cream colored hoodie, green
pajama bottoms or blue jeans, a green shirt and brown cowboy boots or
brown flip flops. Those clothing items are missing and she could have a
combination of them on.
If anyone has information on Washburn's whereabouts, they are asked to call 911.

Patti Washburn was seen leaving her residence at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday and was found miles away in Puyallup after 9 p.m.

A disabled South Hill teen who wandered away from her home
Wednesday, prompting a search by Pierce County Sheriff’s deputies, was
found late that night. Patti Washburn, 16, was found in the 400
block of Valley Avenue – miles from her home in the 13400 block of
115th Avenue East. She walked away from home at 11:30 a.m. “We think she walked 150 blocks,” said sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer. Washburn was alone and unhurt. Police were still questioning her about her movements throughout the day.
The teen has the mental capacity of an 8-year-old, according to a police statement.“The good news is, she just decided to go somewhere, totally out of character for her,” Troyer said.A team of volunteers, including off-duty Seattle police officers related to the girl’s family, joined in the search.