Police were hunting for a missing British woman who vanished nearly a week ago on the holiday island of Tenerife before she was later found.
Kate Barley, 60, was with her two pet dogs when she disappeared in the municipality of Adeje in the south of the island.
Spanish missing persons’ platform SOS Desaparecidos described her case as “urgent” in an alert it posted about her disappearance.
She has been described locally as British, as confirmed by a spokesman for the National Police in Tenerife.
Kate, whose full name is Kate Barley Bizzarro, is said to drive a white Smart car. The last-known sighting of her was last Wednesday.
An initial SOS Desaparecidos appeal said: “Kate Barley Bizarro aged 59 disappeared on March 8 in Adeje.”
Describing her as just over 5ft 7 tall, with long straight blonde hair and blue eyes, it said: “She uses graduated glasses, has a foreign accent and drives a white Smart Bianca with the number-plate 6274 KDL.’
In a second appeal marked ‘Urgent’, and appearing to suggest she had gone missing around the date of her birthday, the Canary Islands branch of the organisation SOS Canarias added: “Kate, 60, was accompanied by her two dogs, a white Yorkshire and a beige Chicuahua.
“The two dogs, Jimmy and Luky, have also disappeared. We appeal to the public for help.”
Nearly a week after she was last seen, her husband, Giuseppe Bizzarro said in an emotional message thanking people for their help: “My wife has only been home a few minutes and is tired and confused but she is fine.
“Thank you to everyone for their help. I am happy this situation has been resolved in the best way.”
Well-placed sources said Kate had been born in Brazil but was a British passport holder.
One insider said before she was found: “This is an extremely worrying disappearance. She’s not someone with a history of this sort of behaviour. Investigators have been told it’s the first time she’s gone missing like this.”
Another said: “Our understanding is she was last seen leaving home in her car with the dogs on March 8.”
