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Dementia Hasn't Taken Spunk From Former Livingston Resident Wendy Williams, Team Says Dementia Hasn't Taken Spunk From Former Livingston Resident Wendy Williams, Team Says
Dementia Hasn't Taken Spunk From Former Livingston Resident Wendy Williams, Team Says Monmouth County native and popular talk show host Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with dementia and aphasia, according to a news release. The Ocean Township native's team issued a statement on Thursday, Feb. 22 to "correct inaccurate and hurtful rumors about her health." The release confirmed Williams was diagnosed in 2023 with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia. Williams' reps said there had been speculation about the former New York City radio DJ's mental condition when she started to forget words, act erratically sometimes, and had trouble understanding financ…
Charles Osgood, Former Host Of 'CBS Sunday Morning,' North Jersey Resident, Dies At 91 Charles Osgood, Former Host Of 'CBS Sunday Morning,' North Jersey Resident, Dies At 91
Charles Osgood, Former Host Of 'CBS Sunday Morning,' North Jersey Resident, Dies At 91 Charles Osgood, a fixture on "CBS Sunday Morning" for decades and a longtime resident of Bergen County, died on Tuesday, Jan. 23 at the age of 91 from dementia in Upper Saddle River, his family announced in an obituary shared by CBS News.  Osgood, born Charles Osgood Wood III joined CBS News in 1971 and anchored the venerable Sunday morning broadcast for 22 years from 1994 to 2016. He also appeared on "CBS Morning News" and "CBS Evening News with Dan Rather," and hosted "The Osgood File" on CBS Radio.  His signature signoff was "I'll see you on the radio." Our beloved former …
NJ Daughter Who Used Broomstick To Fatally Beat Mom Was Acting In Self-Defense: Report NJ Daughter Who Used Broomstick To Fatally Beat Mom Was Acting In Self-Defense: Report
NJ Daughter Who Used Broomstick To Fatally Beat Mom Was Acting In Self-Defense: Report An 80-year-old woman told police her 65-year-old daughter from South Jersey beat her with a broomstick three days before she died of her injuries in the attack, NJ Advance Media reports. The alleged assailant's defense attorney, though, says she was acting in self-defense. Florence Dicriscio told officers arriving at the Woodmont Circle in Washington Township on Aug. 6 that Loretta A. Barr struck her in the head with a broom and beat her up, then locked her out of the apartment, NJ.com says. Barr's attorney, Mark Bernstein, said Dicriscio suffered Alzheimer's and dementia, and of…
Blood Curdling Screams Wake Neighbors In Murder-Suicide Of Elderly NJ Couple (DETAILS) Blood Curdling Screams Wake Neighbors In Murder-Suicide Of Elderly NJ Couple (DETAILS)
Blood Curdling Screams Wake Neighbors In Murder-Suicide Of Elderly NJ Couple (Details) Neighbors awoke early Friday, Aug. 12  to blood curdling screams of a nurse who discovered her 84-year-old patient stabbed his 83-year-old wife and then himself dead, sources tell Daily Voice. The nurse found the bodies of Frank and Catherine Forte just after 7 a.m., in their condo at the Woodcrest at Fairfield, sources with direct knowledge of the incident tell Daily Voice. The couple normally had their shades open but the night before, they were tightly shut, a neighbor told Daily Voice speaking on terms of anonymity. Frank reportedly was experiencing the early stages of de…
Missing Morris County Man With Dementia, 67, Walked Away From Home, Police Say Missing Morris County Man With Dementia, 67, Walked Away From Home, Police Say
Missing Morris County Man With Dementia, 67, Walked Away From Home, Police Say Seen him? Authorities are searching for a missing Morris County man with dementia who may have walked away from his home. Mansfield Creighton, 67, walked away from 430 Western Ave. in Morristown between 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 6, and 5 a.m. on Sunday, August 7, the Morris Township Police Department said. Creighton has been diagnosed with dementia, police say. Creighton was wearing a black t-shirt with gold lettering, gray and green pants, and black Nike sneakers at the time of his disappearance, authorities said. He does not have a wallet or cell phone on him. Anyone with informat…
Newark Man With Dementia, 58, Missing For Several Days, Police Say Newark Man With Dementia, 58, Missing For Several Days, Police Say
Newark Man With Dementia, 58, Missing For Several Days, Police Say Seen him? Authorities are searching for a missing 58-year-old man from Newark who suffers from dementia. Luis E. Pacheo was last seen on the 100 block of Elwood Avenue in Newark around 5:30 p.m. on Friday, July 29, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz G. Fragé said. Pacheo was wearing a white t-shirt with blue jeans and black sneakers at the time of his disappearance, Fragé said. He may be in the area of Broadway, Mt. Prospect Avenue, and Bloomfield Avenue. Pacheo is Hispanic and stands 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs 135 pounds, and has brown eyes, black hair, and a light complexion. Anyone…
SEEN HER? Burlington County Woman With Dementia, 81, Missing For Days, State Police Say SEEN HER? Burlington County Woman With Dementia, 81, Missing For Days, State Police Say
Seen HER? Burlington County Woman With Dementia, 81, Missing For Days, State Police Say UPDATE: Norton has been located and is safe, police said. ------------------------ Seen her? State Police have issued an alert for a missing Burlington County woman with dementia. Anita L. Norton, 81, of Mansfield, was last seen around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19, state police said. She may be driving a 2015 white Honda Civic with New Jersey registration K23KPS. Norton stands 5 feet tall, weighs about 140 pounds, and has brown eyes and brown hair. She was wearing blue pants and a 3/4-length blue shirt when she was last seen, according to police. She also suffers from dementia. Anyone w…
Missing PA Woman With Ties To NJ Found Safe (UPDATE) Missing PA Woman With Ties To NJ Found Safe (UPDATE)
Missing PA Woman With Ties To NJ Found Safe (Update) UPDATE: Shakuntalaben Patel, 71, was found safe. ***Original story below*** Police in Bucks County are seeking the public's help in locating a missing woman with dementia. Shakuntalaben Patel, 71, was last seen walking away from her Pintail Court home in Bensalem just before 9 a.m. on Monday, June 28, local police said. She needs to take daily medication for her dementia, police said.  Patel also has family in Trenton and Edison, NJ, and may have gotten on a SEPTA bus, they added. Patel stands 5'0" tall and weighs 70 pounds. She has salt and pepper hair pulled back in a ponyta…
Missing Newark Dementia Patient Found Unharmed Missing Newark Dementia Patient Found Unharmed
Missing Newark Dementia Patient Found Unharmed UPDATE: The missing woman has been found unharmed. Police in Newark are seeking the public's help locating a woman with dementia, they said. Maria Martins, 68, was reported missing Tuesday, May 10, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. She was last seen walking west on Chestnut Street from Seabra’s Supermarket in Newark. She is described as 5’2” tall and 130 pounds, with gray hair and brown eyes. She speaks Portuguese and does not speak English. Director O’Hara urges anyone with information on the whereabouts of Maria Martins to call the Police Division’s 24-hour Crime Stop…
Nursing Home Resident Found Dead In Parsippany After Wandering Off: Police Nursing Home Resident Found Dead In Parsippany After Wandering Off: Police
Nursing Home Resident Found Dead In Parsippany After Wandering Off: Police A man who wandered out of a Morris County nursing home on Friday night was found dead on Saturday, authorities confirmed. John Eschenbach walked away from the Care One facility located at 100 Mazdabrook Road in Parsippany sometime Friday evening. His body was found on Saturday morning. It was not clear where, though. Eschenbach suffered from dementia and other medical issues.
Community Rallies For Philly Area Boy With Childhood Alzheimer's Community Rallies For Philly Area Boy With Childhood Alzheimer's
Community Rallies For Philly Area Boy With Childhood Alzheimer's Support is surging for a 13-year-old Chester County boy who is fighting a rare, degenerative syndrome that has been compared to Alzheimer’s. Connor Dobbyn was recently diagnosed with Sanfilippo syndrome Type C, a fatal brain disorder caused by a single missing enzyme. "Because Connor lacks this single enzyme, toxic storage material is building up in his brain every second and damaging it," Marisa DiChiacchio, his mom, wrote on a GoFundMe. There is currently no FDA-approved treatment or cure. Connor will eventually lose the ability to walk, talk, and feed himself, DiChiacchio wro…
ONE YEAR LATER: Englewood Man Who Went Missing Still Hasn't Been Found ONE YEAR LATER: Englewood Man Who Went Missing Still Hasn't Been Found
ONE Year Later: Englewood Man Who Went Missing Still Hasn't Been Found SEEN HIM? The search continued for a lifelong Englewood resident with dementia who went missing a year ago Thursday. Ruben Wilson, 69, had wandered off from his home near Cross Street and West Palisade Avenue before. He's been known, in fact, "to travel significant distances despite his age and other challenges,” Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. The 6-foot, 240-pound Wilson has always turned up -- from as close as Teaneck, Hackensack and Tenafly, and as far as Wall Township. That changed after Wilson went missing on May 27, 2020, just weeks after a previous walkaway. Englewood p…
FOUND: Missing Elderly Little Ferry Couple Found Safe, Sound In Teaneck FOUND: Missing Elderly Little Ferry Couple Found Safe, Sound In Teaneck
Found: Missing Elderly Little Ferry Couple Found Safe, Sound In Teaneck UPDATE: A missing elderly couple took a long route to return to Bergen County, but they were found safe and sound Saturday morning, authorities said. Teaneck police responding to a call of a vehicle stuck in the mud behind the Teaneck Garden Club near Overpeck Park found Lea Asala, 89, outside their SUV and her husband, Anthony Asala, 91, inside around 9 a.m. Saturday. Lea Asala was without shoes and her husband was a bit confused as he searched for the vehicle's paperwork, but they were otherwise OK -- and that was a huge relief after they'd been gone more than 24 hours. The Asa…
FOUND: Missing Elderly NJ Couple Found Safe, Sound After Journey FOUND: Missing Elderly NJ Couple Found Safe, Sound After Journey
Found: Missing Elderly NJ Couple Found Safe, Sound After Journey UPDATE: A missing elderly couple took a long route to return to Bergen County, but they were found safe and sound Saturday morning, authorities said. Teaneck police responding to a call of a vehicle stuck in the mud behind the Teaneck Garden Club near Overpeck Park found Lea Asala, 89, outside their SUV and her husband, Anthony Asala, 91, inside around 9 a.m. Saturday. Lea Asala was without shoes and her husband was a bit confused as he searched for the vehicle's paperwork, but they were otherwise OK. Both were taken to Holy Name Medical Center for precautionary reasons, Little F…
UPDATE: Missing Elderly Little Ferry Couple Found In Teaneck UPDATE: Missing Elderly Little Ferry Couple Found In Teaneck
Update: Missing Elderly Little Ferry Couple Found In Teaneck UPDATE: A missing elderly couple took a long route to return to Bergen County, but they were found safe and sound Saturday morning, authorities said. Teaneck police responding to a call of a vehicle stuck in the mud behind the Teaneck Garden Club near Overpeck Park found Lea Asala, 89, outside their SUV and her husband, Anthony Asala, 91, inside around 9 a.m. Saturday. Lea Asala was without shoes and her husband was a bit confused as he searched for the vehicle's paperwork, but they were otherwise OK. Both were taken to Holy Name Medical Center for precautionary reasons, Little Ferry Polic…
State Police: Missing Burlington Man Has Seizure Disorder, Dementia State Police: Missing Burlington Man Has Seizure Disorder, Dementia
State Police: Missing Burlington Man Has Seizure Disorder, Dementia Authorities are seeking the public's help in locating a Burlington Township man last seen on Monday. Emmanuel U. Ubabukoh, 65, suffers from dementia and a seizure disorder and is in need of his medication, New Jersey State Police said. Ubabukoh was last seen around 3 p.m. Monday, at his Salem Road home. He is described as a black male, 5 feet and 5 inches tall, 190 pounds, with brown eyes and a bald head.  He was last seen wearing a red sweater and grey dress pants. Anyone with information is asked to call the New Jersey State Police Missing Persons Unit at (609) 882-2000 ext. 2554 …
SEEN HIM? Missing Newark Man, 80, Suffers From Dementia SEEN HIM? Missing Newark Man, 80, Suffers From Dementia
Seen HIM? Missing Newark Man, 80, Suffers From Dementia Authorities are asking the public's help in locating a missing Newark man who suffers from dementia. Hector Moreno, 80, of Bellville was last seen near Ferry Street and Madison Street in Newark around 11 a.m. Thursday, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said in a release. He reportedly suffers from dementia, Ambrose said. Moreno is 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 170 pounds. He has brown eyes, gray hair and a fair complexion and was last seen wearing a black shirt with white lettering and black pants with white stripes, authorities said. Ambrose urges anyone with information…
UPDATE: Clifton Woman, 87, With Dementia Airlifted After Driving 350 Miles, Refilling Tank UPDATE: Clifton Woman, 87, With Dementia Airlifted After Driving 350 Miles, Refilling Tank
Update: Clifton Woman, 87, With Dementia Airlifted After Driving 350 Miles, Refilling Tank An 87-year-old Clifton woman with dementia who’d been missing for days was found in her car, dehydrated, deep in a secluded area off a West Virginia road nearly 350 miles away, authorities said. Marguerit Lehmkuhl had to be flown by medical chopper to a nearby hospital after someone spotted the vehicle and alerted police Sunday afternoon. It was a startling but welcome discovery, given the concern of her loved ones -- as well as the authorities. Police say most dementia patients are found within 20 minutes to 24 or so hours. The search for Lehnkuhl had entered its fourth day when Clifton…
GONE FOR DAYS: Authorities Concerned For Welfare Of Missing Clifton Woman, 87 GONE FOR DAYS: Authorities Concerned For Welfare Of Missing Clifton Woman, 87
Gone FOR Days: Authorities Concerned For Welfare Of Missing Clifton Woman, 87 SEEN HER? Concerned for the welfare of an 87-year-old Clifton woman who’d been missing for days, authorities turned to the public for help Saturday. Family members said they last saw Marguerit Lehmkuhl on Wednesday. Her 2006 Chrysler 300 was in her driveway early Thursday then was gone shortly after noon the same day, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said loved ones told police. Lehmkuhl was described as 5-foot-4-inches tall and about 120 pounds. Her license plate number: UWF69H “She has dementia and has several medications that she takes daily for other conditions,” Bracken said. …
91-Year-Old Former Flight Attendant From Central Jersey Beats Coronavirus Odds 91-Year-Old Former Flight Attendant From Central Jersey Beats Coronavirus Odds
91-Year-Old Former Flight Attendant From Central Jersey Beats Coronavirus Odds A 91-year-old great-grandmother from Central Jersey beat the coronavirus odds. After being hospitalized last month with coronavirus and pneumonia, Jean Powell -- a former flight attendant from Manchester -- is among the rare survivors from her age group.  Powell's 65-year-old daughter from Lacey, Kim Wedemeyer, had feared the worst, telling the Asbury Park Press: “I thought she was gone. . . .They say when old people get this, it’s a death sentence.” “I thought she was gone,” Wedemeyer said. “They say when old people get this, it’s a death sentence.” Not for Powell. After 10 days, Co…
UPDATE: Missing Man With Dementia Located, Cranford PD Says UPDATE: Missing Man With Dementia Located, Cranford PD Says
Update: Missing Man With Dementia Located, Cranford PD Says UPDATE: The man was found safe Oct. 29, Cranford police said Police in Cranford are looking for a 56-year-old man with dementia last seen nearly a week ago.  Jean Elize of Hillside was last seen walking north on Springfield Avenue at Penn Road in Cranford around noon on Tuesday. He was wearing a light-green jacket, gray pants and a light-brown hat. He is black, 5'7", 180 lbs. and has short  black hair and brown eyes (see photo, attached).  He does not know the area and speaks Creole.  Anyone with information related to this missing person case should contact Det/Lt. Ed…
'Lifesaver' Helps Bergen Sheriff's Officers Find Missing Teaneck Man, 70, With Dementia 'Lifesaver' Helps Bergen Sheriff's Officers Find Missing Teaneck Man, 70, With Dementia
'Lifesaver' Helps Bergen Sheriff's Officers Find Missing Teaneck Man, 70, With Dementia A 70-year-old Teaneck man with dementia who wandered from home was found by Bergen County sheriff's officers thanks to a Project Lifesaver wristband transmitter. BCSO Officers Patrick Doyle and Joseph LaBarbera found the man about a mile from home Tuesday night, Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton said. “Utilizing the technology from Project Lifesaver, our responding officers were able to quickly track, locate, and return the missing individual to his home," Cureton said. The rapid-response Project Lifesaver International program is designed to locate adults and children who have gone mi…
Newark Police Looking For Missing 75-Year-Old With Dementia Newark Police Looking For Missing 75-Year-Old With Dementia
Newark Police Looking For Missing 75-Year-Old With Dementia A 75-year-old man suffering from dementia and Alzheimer's disease has been missing since Monday, authorities in Newark said.  Muhammad A. Shabazz (pictured) was last seen around 5:30 p.m. in the 400 block of South 17th Street. He is 5'7", 165 lbs., bald and has brown eyes. He was wearing jeans, a blue short-sleeve shirt with an orange pattern, black and white sneakers and a black baseball cap.  Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Muhammad A. Shabazz is asked to call the department's 24-hour Crime Stopper tip line at 1-877-NWK-TIPS (1-877-695-8477) or 1-877-NWK-GUNS (1…
Cranford Man With Dementia Last Seen In Newark Wednesday Morning Cranford Man With Dementia Last Seen In Newark Wednesday Morning
Cranford Man With Dementia Last Seen In Newark Wednesday Morning The Newark Police Department is asking the public's assistance in locating Gregory McGill, a 56-year-old Cranford resident with dementia who has been missing since Wednesday morning.  He was last seen when a relative dropped McGill off at a home in the 500 block of Elizabeth Avenue in Newark around 9 a.m.  McGill is black, 6'5" and 260 lbs., with a light brown complexion. He is bald.  He was last seen wearing a dark baseball cap, blue jeans, blue shoes, a blue jacket and glasses.  Police urge anyone with information about his whereabouts to call the department's 24-hou…
UPDATE: Missing Union City Woman Found Safe UPDATE: Missing Union City Woman Found Safe
Update: Missing Union City Woman Found Safe UPDATE: Maria Polo was found safe Sunday night, police said.  Police in Union City are looking for a 65-year-old woman last seen Sunday morning.  Maria Polo's last known whereabouts were at 4409 Palisade Ave. around 9:45 a.m. She appeared to be heading north on Palisade Avenue.  Polo, who suffers from dementia, was last seen wearing a red long sleeve shirt with white lines on the elbow area, grey short sleeve silk blouse on top, black pants, and Nike sandals.  She is approximately 5’5" feet tall and weighs approximately 160 lbs. Anyone with information is asked to call…