Kent Police are asking for the public’s help to find missing vulnerable adult Ashley Watson, 35, last seen on July 22.
Watson was last spotted at about 9 p.m. July 22 leaving her apartment on foot in the 11000 block of SE 252nd Street on the East Hill, according to a Tuesday, Aug. 5 Kent Police social media post.
She has mental disabilities and presents cognitively as closer to age 8, according to police. She is likely off of her medications. She sometimes acts out physically and has been seen eating rocks when distressed.
Watson is 5 feet 7 inches and weighs 230 pounds with wavy black hair. She has a tattoo of a snake on her right hand and a rose/eye tattoo on her chest. She often carries a stuffed bunny in her shirt. It is unknown what clothing she was wearing when she left home.
She has ties to the city of Puyallup government and city of Milton Police Department. She has been know to walk along 104th Avenue SE in Kent between SE 256th Street and SE 240th Street. She is unlikely to take a bus alone, and does not drive.
If you see Watson or have info on her whereabouts, call 911 immediately.
Police advise because she is a vulnerable adult, do not share possible sightings on social media or in Kent Police Facebook comments, but call 911.
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