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Missing tourist found safe after disappearing in Sunrise last month

Brenda Surbey, 60, was on vacation visiting her parents in Weston last month when she vanished

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Family and friends of a missing woman who disappeared in Sunrise more than a month ago are hoping to bring her back home. Brenda Surbey, 60, was on Vacation visiting her parents in Weston last month when she vanished.

A woman who disappeared more than a month ago in Sunrise was found safe Thursday, authorities said.

Detectives have located Brenda Surbey, more than a month after she disappeared, the Broward Sheriff's Office said Thursday.

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She was found safe and unharmed.

Surbey, 60, was on vacation visiting her parents in Weston last month when she vanished.

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She had been last seen the morning of Feb. 8 near the 6800 block of Sunset Strip in Sunrise.

Brenda Surbey
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Brenda Surbey

Surbey's mother and father went to Sunrise Police on Thursday to pick up two of her suitcases and wallet, which were found at a ballpark where she was last seen.

The parents said Surbey, who is from Indiana, is bipolar and currently not on her medication.

Her father said they got into an argument on Feb. 6 and she took off walking.

"She’s my daughter, I love her so much, I just want her back," mother Elizabeth Surbey said before she was found. "I want to know that she’s safe. I want to know that she’s making better decisions."

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