Police searching for 85-year-old Edith Nell Birden missing from Long Beach

Police Thursday sought the public’s help to locate an 85-year-old woman who went missing from the Long Beach area.

According to the Long Beach Police Department, security camera footage showed Edith Nell Birden walking near the 3000 block of Adriatic Avenue and Arlington Street around 1 a.m. Wednesday.

Her daughters, who are desperate to find her, say Birden has health issues and may easily become disoriented.

“I’m not going to give up, it doesn’t matter. That’s my mom. I want her back,” said one of Birden’s daughters.

Her daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren teamed up Thursday to plaster missing person signs throughout her neighborhood near Silverado park.

Birden is described as a Black woman who is 5 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs 144 pounds. She has black hair and brown eyes. 

She was wearing a black stocking cap, a white sweater, black-and-white leopard-print pants and white oversized shoes.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts was urged to call the Missing Persons Detail at 562-570-7246; police dispatch at 562-435-6711; or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS. Tipsters may also use the website www.lacrimestoppers.org.