Woman Who Left Care Home Found Dead in Lake

Authorities say a woman who walked away from an eastern Pennsylvania care home has been found dead in a lake behind the home.

Stroud Area Regional Police had reached out to the public, asking for help to find Darlene Bancey after she left the Lakewood Personal Care Home in Monroe County.

Bancey disappeared around 5:45 p.m. Wednesday.

Police considered her endangered due to medical and psychiatric conditions as well as the weather.

A member of the Northeast Pennsylvania Search and Rescue Team found Bancey's body about 40 feet from the shoreline of the lake Thursday morning.

Police are investigating the cause and manner of Bancey's death.

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