SEDGWICK COUNTY, Kan. – The Wichita Police Department requested that the Kansas Bureau of Investigation issue a statewide Silver Alert for a missing Wichita woman who was last believed to be near Kinkaid, Kan.

The whereabouts of Patricia Knafla, 70, are unknown, and the public’s assistance is requested to help locate her.

Last contact with Knafla occurred at approximately 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021. She is described as 5 feet 6 inches tall, 150 lbs., with gray hair, and green eyes. She wears glasses. Additionally, she was scheduled to work Monday but never arrived, and may be having a mental health crisis and in the need of assistance.

She is traveling in a gold 2000 Ford Taurus with Kansas tag 418 CDM. Investigators learned she was in the Kinkaid area at approximately 10:50 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1.

Anyone who knows the whereabouts of Knafla, or anyone who sees her, is asked to call 911 immediately.