The Broward Sheriff’s Office Missing Persons Unit is asking for the public’s help to locate 40-year-old Lauren Martinez missing from Oakland Park.

According to detectives, Martinez was last seen at around 6 p.m., on Wednesday, Dec. 3, near the 5700 block of North Dixie Highway. Martinez is 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs around 120 pounds. She has brown hair, brown eyes and has a panther tattoo on her shoulder.

According to her family, Martinez experiences mental illness. 

Anyone with information on her whereabouts should contact BSO Det. Leonard Charla at 954-321-4274 or at the BSO non-emergency number at 954-764- HELP (4357).