A 61-year-old man with schizophrenia — who had been missing for more three weeks since the St. Louis nursing home where he lived abruptly closed — was found Tue
ST. LOUIS (AP) A 61-year-old man with schizophrenia who had been missing for more three weeks since the St. Louis nursing home where he lived abruptly closed was found Tuesday about a mile away, authorities said.
A 61-year-old man with schizophrenia has been found, after going missing for more three weeks when the St. Louis nursing home where he lived suddenly closed on Dec. 15. As workers scrambled to prepare Northview Village Nursing Home residents for transfer to other facilities, Frederick Caruthers walked away from the building. Authorities found Caruthers at a local restaurant on Tuesday. A member of the public had seen him and phoned the police. When officers located Caruthers, he had no obvious signs of injury. He was taken to an area hospital for evaluation. There is an ongoing regulatory investigation into the nursing home's sudden closure.
A 61-year-old man with schizophrenia — who had been missing for more three weeks since the St. Louis nursing home where he lived abruptly closed — was found Tuesday about a mile away, authorities said. As workers scrambled to prepare residents for transfer to other facilities, and employees from other nursing homes arrived to take them, one resident, Frederick Caruthers, walked away from the building, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Tuesday that Caruthers was found at a local restaurant.