Singer-songwriter Linda Perhacs has been located and is safe, ending public concern after friends and collaborators said they had been unable to reach her for months. The development resolves a campaign focused on confirming the 82-year-old’s wellbeing, with no allegation of wrongdoing reported.

Perhacs had reportedly left a California residential care facility around eight months earlier while under the supervision of her legal guardian. Her former manager filed a missing-person report with Los Angeles police in June, and associates contacted Adult Protective Services, though police said they could not disclose information to unauthorised people.