Police Seek Public Help to Find Missing 44-Year-Old Tel Aviv Woman
Israel Police and family are urgently seeking public assistance to locate 44-year-old Lior Katz from Tel Aviv, who has been missing for over a week after leaving a psychiatric facility.
Israel Police have launched a public appeal for assistance in locating Lior Katz, a 44-year-old resident of Tel Aviv who has been missing for over a week after leaving a psychiatric emergency room. According to police, she was last seen in the city center last Thursday. She is of medium build, stands 1.78 meters tall, and authorities are urging anyone with information to contact the 100 emergency hotline or the Lev Tel Aviv police station.
Police and family members report that the search has so far yielded no leads. Investigators have deployed drones, searched bomb shelters, reviewed security cameras, and distributed flyers in nightlife areas such as Rothschild Boulevard, but her phone has been turned off, and there has been no activity on her credit cards.
Background and Psychological Distress
Her father, Avner, recounted that she had visited a psychiatric clinic at Ichilov Hospital for an injection to alleviate severe psychological distress. Afterward, she visited the psychiatric emergency room at Abarbanel Hospital, where doctors diagnosed ongoing schizophrenia exacerbated by irregular medication adherence, leading to acute psychosis.
Upon returning home to the Kerem HaTeimanim neighborhood, she left behind her mobile phone and keys on a windowsill. The following morning, she spoke briefly with an acquaintance before disconnecting, and has not been heard from since. Family members noted that she had previously expressed profound distress and suicidal ideation, making her disappearance an unprecedented and critical situation for her relatives and investigators.
