Police in Maryland have announced the 50th death as a result of the mammoth snowstorm that pounded the Eastern United States.

The family of 84-year-old Orinda Nelson had reported her missing Monday night following near-record weekend snowfall. Her relatives told officers they were particularly concerned because she had Alzheimer’s disease and frequently wandered from her home in Hyattsville.

Officers checked places where she had been found before, and brought in a bloodhound to help. But it was one of Nelson’s neighbors who made the grim backyard discovery on Tuesday.

Prince George’s County Police announced Wednesday that an autopsy found the cause of death to be dementia complicated by hypothermia. Most of the storm-related deaths resulted from car accidents, carbon monoxide poisoning and heart attacks while shoveling snow.

(AP)