EXETER, N.H. — Update as of 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22:
Topsham police said around 7 p.m. Wednesday that records indicate the women were in Springfield, Maine as of 10 a.m. Wednesday.
"Northern Maine law enforcement agencies are being updated with this information in hopes of finding the missing subjects as soon as possible," Topsham Police Chief Marc Hagan said in an updated release.
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Law enforcement officials have issued a Silver Alert seeking the public's help in locating two women from Topsham who have not arrived home after mistakenly ending up in Massachusetts on Tuesday.
Kimberly Pushard, 51, and Angela Bussell, 50, were reported missing by Topsham police shortly after 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to an early morning release from the New Hampshire Department of Safety.
Topsham police said in a release Wednesday afternoon that the two were attempting to drive to the Maine Mall in South Portland but apparently became lost and ended up in Massachusetts, where they called family members at about 5 p.m.
Officers with New Hampshire's Exeter Police Department and other agencies interacted with the women and tried to give them directions home, but it did not work, according to release from Exeter.
Their families told police they are intellectually disabled, easily disoriented, have trouble processing information, and are prone to being confused by directions, the release stated. Both of their phones are believed to be dead, according to Topsham Police Chief Marc Hagan.
Hagan said in an updated release Wednesday night that records indicate the women were in Springfield, Maine around 10 a.m. Wednesday.
"Northern Maine law enforcement agencies are being updated with this information in hopes of finding the missing subjects as soon as possible," Hagan said.
Pushard has a valid Maine driver's license, and the two women are believed to be traveling in a vehicle that is registered to her, according to Hagan. He said they are legally free to travel together or separately.
Police described Pushard as 5 feet, 5 inches tall and 164 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes.
Police described Bussell as 5 feet, 8 inches tall and 213 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes.
The women were traveling in a red 2012 Jeep Compass with Maine license plates 1960VC, the release stated.
As the women were last scene in New Hampshire, state police there issued a Missing Vulnerable Adult Alert early Wednesday morning, which is the same as a SILVER Alert. New Hampshire no longer calls it a SILVER alert as the title often gets classified as elderly only, according to the New Hampshire Department of Safety.
Officials ask anyone who may have information about their whereabouts to contact law enforcement. The Topsham Police Department can be contacted via Sagadahoc Communications at 207-443-9711.
Below is a photo provided by the New Hampshire Department of Safety showing the type of car in which the women were traveling.
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