Search continues in San Bernardino National Forest for missing H.B. woman with dementia

San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies continued their search Monday for a Huntington Beach woman with dementia who went missing last week after her SUV was found Sunday in an isolated area of the San Bernardino National Forest.

Willie Jean Norman, 81, missed her regular noon workout at 24 Hour Fitness at Bella Terra on Aug. 9, about 2 hours after she last spoke with her daughter, according to a news release from the Huntington Beach Police Department.

On Sunday, Norman’s blue 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee was found abandoned on a forest service road near Lytle Creek, a remote community in the San Gabriel Mountains, roughly 10 miles north of Fontana.

A search and rescue team with bloodhounds have been searching the area since Sunday.

According to police, Norman’s daughter told them her mother had been suffering from dementia for a few years but she “has not noticed a decline in her cognitive abilities since taking medication for it.”

Her medication for dementia and high blood pressure were left at her home, police said.

Anyone with information regarding Norman’s whereabouts is asked to immediately contact the San Bernardino County sheriff’s dispatch line at (909) 387-8313.

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Hannah Fry, hannah.fry@latimes.com

Twitter: @HannahFryTCN