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UPDATE: Missing Cairo woman found safe in Alabama

Last contact with Bennett was on January 2, 2024
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Posted at 4:47 PM, Jan 10, 2024
and last updated 2024-01-12 08:42:53-05

UPDATE JANUARY 12:

Cairo Police issued the following update to this case Friday morning:

Missing person, Ms. Jennifer Lynnette McClinton Bennett has been located. Ms. Bennett is safe and staying in Alabama for the time. Investigator Myers spoke with Ms. Bennett and she told me she was fine and just needed to get away. Law Enforcement went by and checked on Ms. Bennett and confirmed that she was safe. The family has also been notified that she has been located and is safe.

UPDATE JANUARY 11:

Lieutenant Investigator, Johnny Myers, tells ABC 27 the search for Bennett continues. He said Thursday morning, GSP flew through the area in an attempt to locate her Jeep. That search was unsuccessful. The air search began around 10 a.m. Thursday.

That vehicle's license plate has been entered into a tag reading systems that can detect when it passes by scanners along the road.

If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of Jennifer Lynnette McClinton Bennett, please notify the Cairo Police Department immediately at (229) 378-3096,or after hours call (229) 248-3000.

ORIGINAL STORY:

  • Cairo Police say they are searching for Jennifer Lynnette McClinton Bennett.
  • Bennett is believed to be driving a black 2016 Jeep Cherokee Sport.
  • See the news release below to help find her.

CAIRO PD NEWS RELEASE:

The Cairo Police Department is requesting any information on the whereabouts of Jennifer Lynnette McClinton Bennett. Last contact with Bennett was on January 2, 2024, but no further contact has been made.

Bennett is believed to be driving a black 2016 Jeep Cherokee Sport displaying GA Tag #RVD6849 (Image above not of actual vehicle).

If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of Jennifer Lynnette McClinton Bennett, please notify the Cairo Police Department immediately at (229) 378-3096,or after hours call (229) 248-3000.

On January 09, 2024, at approximately 21:28 hours, Officers of the Cairo Police Department were dispatched to 1290 Calvary Road SW, Cairo, Grady County, Georgia, in reference to a welfare check on a 64-year-old female, Jennifer Bennett.

Once on scene, contact was made with witnesses that advised that Bennett’s daughter, who lives out of state, expressed concern for the wellbeing of her mother after calling and not getting an answer. The last contact with Jennifer Bennett was on January 2, 2024.