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UPDATE Pelham Gardens: Man, 85, Last Seen Leaving a Bronx Hospital & Reported Missing, Located

THOMAS WRIGHT, 85, OF Pelham Gardens is reported missing.
Photo courtesy of the NYPD

An NYPD spokesperson said on Wednesday, Jan. 11, that an 85-year-old man who had been reported missing from Pelham Gardens, has been found.

 

Prior to being located, it had been reported to police that Thomas Wright of East Gun Hill Road, had last been seen on Wednesday, Jan. 4, at around 00.20 a.m., leaving Calvary Hospital (Albert Einstein College of Medicine) located at 1825 Eastchester Road in the Morris Park section of The Bronx.

 

He was described at the time as being 5 feet, 8 inches tall, weighing 150 pounds with a medium build, a dark complexion, brown eyes, black hair, and had last been seen wearing a black jacket, a light colored shirt, dark blue jeans, white sneakers and a dark-colored, baseball hat.

 

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