New York (1010 wins) — A missing Brooklyn woman with autism has been missing for nearly a week, police said Friday.
Samantha Primus, 47, was last seen leaving Queens General Hospital after being discharged from the hospital around 1:50 a.m. Saturday, police said.
According to WABC, she was last seen by her family around 3:30 a.m. Friday at her Elmont home with her sister. I was.
Primus, who is deaf, mute, and has limited sign language ability, reportedly usually lives with his mother in Brooklyn and doesn’t go anywhere without someone from his family.
Hours after she went missing in Elmont, Primus was found around 8pm on Friday at 190th Street and Hillside Avenue in Queens, more than three miles away.
Primus, who is deaf, mute, and has limited sign language skills, was in Elmont for several days with his sister Joanna Peck and her family when she left between 4 and 5 a.m. on December 23. was said to have been
According to the report, paramedics who saw the missing flyer answered a call to the person in need of help and took her to Queens Hospital Center that evening.
According to the report, paramedics who saw the missing flyer answered a call to the person in need of help and took her to Queens Hospital Center that evening.
I haven’t seen her since she left the hospital.
Hospital staff reportedly thought she was homeless and directed her to a local shelter.
“They thought she was homeless, so they gave her a list of shelters to go to,” her sister, Joanna Peck, told WABC. No. I mean she can’t read, she doesn’t speak and she doesn’t know how to navigate the system.Buses and public transport.How can you kick her out?”
Primus is 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighs 130 pounds, has brown eyes and black hair, the NYPD said.
She was last seen in a navy blue coat, pink hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, and black sneakers.
Anyone with information should call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.
A missing person report was also filed in Nassau County. If you have information, please contact the Nassau County Police Department Missing Persons Unit at 516-573-7347 or dial 911.
