UPDATE: Missing Redding woman, 83, located safe

July 5, 2018 Trevor Montgomery

UPDATE: July, 5, 1:20 a.m.

REDDING — Redding PD thanked the public for their help locating a missing Redding woman, last seen driving in the area of Lake Blvd near Northpoint Dr.

Although officials did not specify where 83-year-old, Janet Berry Linville was located, in a social media update Redding PD reported that the elderly woman had been located and is safe.

REDDING — Officials are asking for the public’s help locating a missing Redding senior who was last seen on the 200 block of Lake Blvd. The woman is considered at-risk and becomes easily confused and disoriented, according to officials.

Redding PD issued a Silver Alert after 83-year-old, Janet Berry Linville, went missing. She was last seen driving her husband’s green 1998 Toyota Tacoma extra-cab pickup truck on Lake Blvd. near Northpoint Dr. The vehicle’s license plate number is 7U73556.

Linville suffers from severe dementia and is easily confused and officials have requested that if spotted, please call 911.

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Trevor Montgomery, 46, recently moved to Shasta County from Riverside County and runs Riverside County News Source and Shasta County News Source. Additionally, he writes for several other news organizations, including Riverside County based newspapers, Valley News, The Valley Chronicle and Anza Valley Outlook, as well as Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County and The Mountain Echo in Shasta County.

Trevor spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg, breaking his back and suffering both spinal cord and brain injuries in an off-duty accident. (Click here to see segment of Discovery Channel documentary of Trevor’s accident.)

During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations, including Robert Presley Detention Center, Southwest Station in Temecula, Hemet/Valle Vista Station, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center and Lake Elsinore Station, along with other locations.

Trevor’s assignments included Corrections, Patrol, DUI Enforcement, Boat and Personal Water-Craft based Lake Patrol, Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement, Problem Oriented Policing Team and Personnel/Background Investigations. He finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator and was a court-designated expert in child abuse and child sex-related crimes.

Trevor has been married for more than 27 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and has 13 children and 14 – soon to be 15 – grandchildren.