DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- A tragic end to the search for a missing Johnston County woman with Alzheimer's disease has prompted attention on identifying the early signs of dementia, especially as families coming together for the holidays.

According to the Johnston County Sheriff's Office, Linda Airington and her husband, who also has dementia , were last seen together on Friday, Nov. 7, at Murphy's gas station in Smithfield. Around 4:30 that afternoon, the family got a call from Wake County authorities that they had found the husband disoriented walking along I-40 and Jones Sausage Road.

The husband could not remember the events that afternoon, except that they ran out of gas. Their truck was found abandoned, and Linda has not been seen since.

On Friday, Nov. 14, deputies from Wake and

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