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September 12, 2007

$50,000 reward offered for finding Lincoln woman

LINCOLN -- Katie Corcoran, the 35-year-old woman missing from Lincoln, was spotted on Thursday and as recently as Monday in Newport, Lincoln Police Chief Robert T. Kells said today.

And Corcoran's family is offering a $50,000 reward for information that leads to finding her.

State and local police put out an alert and photograph last week for Corcoran, who has a history of psychiatric problems, reported missing since last Wednesday.

A Rhode Island Public Transportation Authority bus driver reported spotting her and she was also spotted at a shelter -- both times, in Newport.

Last Wednesday, Corcoran was headed to the Crossroads Rhode Island center at 160 Broad St., in Providence. She was reported to have arrived at Crossroads but apparently did not enter the building. The police have said Corcoran was last seen that day entering a cab at Butler Hospital on Providence's East Side at about 11:30 a.m.

The police said today that Corcoran had some jewelry with her when she went to Butler Hospital, and it's believed she had been trying to sell it.

The police description last week said she is 5-feet-7 inches tall, about 120 pounds, with brown hair and eyes. She was wearing a long blue dress, a cream-colored or white sweater and flip-flop sandals and carrying two white shopping bags.

The Lincoln and Providence police departments, as well as the state police, are asking anyone who may have been in the Broad Street area at that time or who thinks they may have seen her since to call the Lincoln Police at (401) 333-1111, the Rhode Island State Police at (401) 444-1000 or the Providence Police at (401) 272-3121.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney, with reports from Journal staff writer and Journal archival reports

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 3:29 PM | Permalink

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