More Tales of Sacramento at Night

The young deaf-mute woman walked nearly two miles, from "Faces" to the "AM-PM." She was hungry, tired, had no money, and was miles from home. Ferreting out enough information regarding where she lived was difficult. From various clues she wrote down (e.g. "DeptHome"), and various gestures (the address on her driver's license was apparently obsolete, but suggested a neighborhood), I eventually puzzled out that she probably lived near the intersection of Manzanita & Madison, in Carmichael.

I wanted to drive the woman out to Carmichael and get her home, but B., the AM-PM clerk was dubious about the idea. There were too many things that could go wrong. What if the woman was providing false or incomplete information? What if I dropped the woman off in Carmichael, only to have her come to harm? Instead, B. called the police.

I left, to finish walking my dog Sparky. I later learned that the home address the woman was providing was not correct: the street name didn't exist. Using their own, more-comprehensive resources, the police were able to perform a reverse-address check on the phone number and rouse her roommates with a call. Last I knew, the police were going to take the woman home.

A lot of unanswered questions: how did she she travel to "Faces?" Why did she leave? Why was she so fuzzy about where she lived? Didn't she have any friends or family members who could help? But at least she didn't come to any harm, and that's the most important thing.