Hope remains for missing woman's safe return
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Updated: 10:37 PM Nov 10, 2009
Hope remains for missing woman's safe return
Bonham, TX--It's been nearly two months since an elderly Bonham woman went missing. Tuesday evening,the husband of Katie Jo Brewer pleaded for anyone with information into her disappearance to come forward.
Posted: 10:30 PM Nov 10, 2009
Reporter: Daniel Armbruster
Email Address: daniel.armbruster@kxii.com
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Bonham, TX--It's been nearly two months since an elderly Bonham woman went missing. Tuesday evening the husband of Katie Jo Brewer pleaded for anyone with information into her disappearance to come forward.

Hundreds of volunteers and thousands of man hours have turned up nothing into the search for Katie Jo Brewer. She was last seen on a rainy September morning and since then some would say it's as if she vanished into thin air.

In the early morning hours of Saturday September 12th, 2009 Bonham police say 71-year old Katie Jo Brewer went missing. Police say she was last seen near her home on Carpenter Loop in east Bonham. In the days to follow, more than 400 volunteers would scour the grounds near the quiet neighborhood, but few clues would be found. Police say Brewer suffers from Dementia and they believe she may have wondered off in the middle of the night.

"At night I have a panic but, when that happens I just try to get busy again," said Thomas Brewer, Katie’s husband.

Thomas Brewer says every time the phone rings he hopes for a miracle but as more time passes it becomes more difficult to cope.

"I've try to prepare myself for the worst, but I've about decided that not knowing is the worst,” said Thomas Brewer

Mr. Brewer said Katie had shown signs her dementia was getting worst and a month before her disappearance he took her car keys away. Brewer said he never imagined his wife of 54 years would just wonder away.

"She was very pleasant to be around. She didn't have a mean bone in her body and loved them kids and grandkids,” said Thomas Brewer.

For now posters with Brewer's picture and description have been put up around the Bonham area but with few leads. Bonham police say Brewer is 5’ 2’’ in height and weighs 116 lbs. with brown and gray hair and blue eyes.

Thomas Brewer hopes someone will know something and come forward.

"If anybody has any information, no matter how little, we'd like to know it,” said Thomas Brewer.

Bonham Police say they received a tip that someone reportedly saw a person of Brewer's description near Lake Texoma this past weekend. Detective Terry Bee says that is the first lead authorities have received in more than a month, and says the department plans to check into it further.

Brewer’s family is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to her safe return.

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