Posted on 12/25/2017 7:28:25 PM PST by Morgana
PARMA, OH (WCMH) - Police in Ohio are looking for a missing 97-year-old man who was last seen Sunday afternoon.
According to police, around 2pm Sunday Richard Thompson told his family he would be at their home in Medina, Ohio on Christmas. He has not been seen since.
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Poor guy-—how’s the weather there?
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Medina is a nice town, or used to be. I grew up not far from there.
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“Poor guy-—how’s the weather there?”
It’s going to be 20 degrees F by morning This is freaking serious. Anyone have an Ohio ping??
poor guy?.....he’s 97 and has dementia and he’s out driving around?.....if he kills a little 5 yro then what?...
Off topic, but does anyone know what has become of 2nd division vet?
I know his wife was not doing well so I’m sure he has his hands full, but he’s been silent on here since the 3rd.
A poor guy with dementia often doesn’t know that there is anything wrong with him.
That’s what dementia is.
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At 97 there are,sadly,a number of unfortunate explanations.
Is that the best those reporters can write? How about saying where the guys trip originated from?
Is he Swedish...?
Dire circumstances, to say the least.
Would like to have read if he had a cell phone with him.
Terrible situation, no medication and frigid weather as well.
My late mother suffered from dementia and eventually had to surrender her driver’s license when she was 84.
Seems like somebody in this man’s family would have had a better grasp on this gentleman’s need for constant care and supervision.
Praying for a happy ending.
Oh, dear. I hope they find him okay.
Oh come on. Who allows their 97 year old relative with dementia get to a holiday gathering on their own? No one was available to pick him up?
Plus, he’s in a white car which will blend in with the snow and ice.
I am likewise wondering the same thing.
Almost a month now.
This is great but I wonder if people who have a 97 year old demented relative driving around should consider the emergency resources they are using every time the person doesn’t show up somewhere?
I remember wringing my hands over how long to let my mother drive a few blocks to the grocery store.
Im not sure that my great grandfather had dementia, but he certainly became more easily confused in his late 80s and 90s. One time he made a wrong turn and was 20 or 30 miles off track before he stopped and managed to attract the attention of a policeman. His encounter with the policeman began by having to look at his own driver’s license to remember his own name—not something he normally had troubles with, but with the added stress it was too much on him.
That said, he was very stubborn about trying to maintain his independence as long as possible—and I can’t say that I blame him.
My grandfather walks four miles a day.
We figure he must be between Des Moines
and Omaha by now.
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