Elderly couple who went missing in the Bronx found at hospital, conditions not yet known
BRONX, New York (WABC) -- A missing elderly couple from the Bronx has been found at a hospital in Manhattan.
The conditions of 82-year-old Vitelio Sanchez and his 85-year-old wife, Luisa Sanchez, are not yet known, but they are both safe.
According to the family, the couple was located at Mount Sinai West in East Harlem on Friday morning.
They say Vitelio Sanchez suffered a stroke inside the hospital on Monday afternoon while accompanying his wife Luisa Sanchez for an appointment.
Luisa, who suffers from dementia, did not have any identification and began wandering the hospital.
They are both safe and were inside the hospital entire time.
Couple is staying at the hospital for the immediate future as doctors conduct exams.
The couple had last been spotted leaving their apartment building in the Concourse Village section of the Bronx on Gerard Avenue, Monday around 2 p.m.
Their son Aramis Sanchez had told Eyewitness News that he hadn't slept in days amid the search for his parents.
His mother suffers from dementia.. Aramis Sanchez says his father is clear as a bell and is always cracking jokes. He's friendly and charming, his son says.
Aramis Sanchez had said that he talked to his parents every night, and this was the first time they had gone missing.
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