UPDATE (6 p.m.) An Eight Mile woman previously thought to be missing wasn’t, in fact, missing at all, News 5 has learned.

It turns out, Janet Sullivan Watson, 75, was driving to North Carolina to see her son — but nobody in her family knew that, according to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office.

Watson has been found, and she’s safe, according to the MCSO.

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EIGHT MILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Deputies with the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office are searching for a missing elderly woman last seen Monday.

Janet Sullivan Watson, 75, was last seen leaving her Eight Mile home around 9 a.m. on March 4.

Watson was driving a 2009 Beige Toyota Corolla with the Alabama license plate “2A0EA5H.”

Watson is 5 feet, 8 inches tall, 250 pounds, and has gray hair and blue eyes.

Anyone who has seen Janet or her vehicle is asked to call MCSO at 251-574-8633.