Authorities have organized search parties to look for a 41-year old woman who went missing in Lyford.
Family members told Action 4 News that they haven’t seen Maria Guadalupe Hernandez since Wednesday afternoon.
Hernandez left for her routine evening walk around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday and never returned.
Her family fears the worst.
Lyford police and volunteer firefighters searched a wooded areas on Friday afternoon.
U.S. Border Patrol K-9 officers are also joining the search.
They focused their efforts in wooded areas in and around the city where she liked to walk.
Hernandez works with food service at a hospital in Harlingen and did not show up to work either.
Norma was last seen wearing a blue shirt and black pants.
She has black hair, brown eyes and is described as 5 feet 6 inches and weighing about 130 pounds.
Anyone with information should contact the Lyford Police Department at (956) 793-4198.
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