Missing woman Maree Wilkins declared dead four years after rest-home escape
8 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Video from 2017: Police search for missing 84-year-old Maree Wilkins in Whangateau near Leigh. Video / North Shore, Rodney & West Auckland Police
Video from 2017: Police search for missing 84-year-old Maree Wilkins in Whangateau near Leigh. Video / North Shore, Rodney & West Auckland Police
A woman who disappeared from a dementia care facility in 2017 has been declared dead by the coroner in a report which blames staff for the length of time before she was discovered missing.
Helen Maree Dale Wilkins, known best as Maree, disappeared from Leigh Road Cottage some time between 5.30pm on November 7, 2017, when she was seen in the garden and when a staff member noticed she was missing at 6.45am the next morning.