Rose Timperley was last seen at her care home at 230 am, February 2nd, 2016 when staff checked on her. 20 at the time of her disappearance, Rose is autistic and developmentally disabled. Her doctor was adjusting her medicine at the time of her disappearance and this was causing her to be delusional and have meltdowns.

Rose’s doctor planned to have her admitted to the hospital to help care for her during the medicine adjustment but Rose hated hospitals. At 4 am, when staff went to check on her, the door was found to be locked. After the staff member was able to get in they found Rose’s room empty. Staff found the bathroom window open and Rose’s belongings were spread across the lawn of the care home. Staff notified police and a search ensued. Rose wasn’t found and she didn’t come home. This was unusual for Rose. She had run away from other homes before (never this one) but even then she was only gone for a few hours.

Before she disappeared Rose was overheard on the phone at the care home with an “Uncle Charles”. She told people at the care home that he was going to take her to a family funeral. There is no one in Rose’s family by that name.

Rose is trusting and eager to make people happy. She loves to play guitar, sing and write songs, and write poetry. She has been known to say she has children though she doesn’t. RoseMarie is her nickname. She also has names she may use as aliases – Amy, Candy, Sasha or Shannon.

Rose is 5’5, 120lbs. She was wearing a gray t-shirt, pink pajama pants with Tweety Bird on them, tall tan cowboy boots and possibly a black jacket when she went missing. She often dyes her hair and wears wigs. She wears black and pink glasses. Rose is # MP32696 in NaMus.

Okmulgee investigators are considering every lead, including human trafficking. Please call the Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Department at 918-756-4311 with any information on Rose’s whereabouts.