Nearly two months since her disappearance, relatives of a missing Skokie woman continued to hope she would be found safe.
Relatives held a candlelight vigil for Tsering Dolma Wangyal outside the Evanston senior center where the 82-year-old was last seen on July 15.
“It’s just mixed feelings of despair,” said her daughter, Tenzin Wangyal. “If people know anything, hit her up, if they think they do. Just resuming the appeal for public assistance, because I’m limited in what I can do.”
The Skokie woman was seen on surveillance video leaving her apartment off Skokie Boulevard and Golf Road, headed to a ceremony in Evanston but never made it. She made it to the Levy Senior Center nearby, but has not been heard from since.
“I’m trying to use logic, but none of this makes logical sense either,” her daughter said.
Tsering Wangyal disappeared during a stretch of bad weather and as tornado sirens blared.
Family members believe she may have boarded a CTA bus, become confused and possibly boarded the wrong bus.
She speaks Tibetan and understands Hindi, but her English is not perfect.
The 82-year-old is also taking medication that she hasn’t had in months.
“We have to think she’s in there somewhere,” her daughter said. “If she’s in hopefully she’s taken care of. That’s the hope part.”
Skokie police are treating Tsering Wangyal’s disappearance as a missing persons case, and don’t expect foul play.