Elderly woman missing from Far South Side

Police are asking for the public’s help finding a 72-year-old woman missing from the Far South Side since Thursday.

Gladys Haynes was last seen near the 500 block of West 115th Street, according to a missing person alert from Chicago Police.

Haynes is described as a 5-foot, 99-pound black woman with brown eyes, gray hair and medium complexion, police said, She was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt and blue jeans, and carrying a white cross-body purse. Police said she has an enlarged thyroid.

She may be heading to the 3800 block of South Michigan, police said.

Anyone who sees Haynes or has any information should call 911 or the Area South Special Victims Unit at (312) 747-8247.