NY NY - Dennis Shepherd, 46, Brentwood, 18 May 2012

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Dennis Shepherd
Age 46
blue eyes/strawberry blonde
6'2" 190 lbs
black tee shirt/tan pants/tan sneakers

May 2012
Brentwood NY

On May 18, 2012 Dennis fled into the woods from a vehicle at Pilgrim Psychiatric Center - Brentwood, NY (He was being transported from Stony Brook University Medical Center.)

Namus: https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/show/14822

Project Jason: http://projectjason.org/forums/index.php?topic=12542.0

NYStateMissingPersons: http://newyorkstatemissingpersons.n...ennis-shepherd-brentwood-new-york-may-18-2012
 
http://missing.criminaljustice.ny.gov/missing-vulnerable-adult/dennis-shepherd

Missing Vulnerable Adult
Missing From: Port Washington, New YorkDate Missing: 05/18/2012

Dennis Shepherd
DOB: 01/06/1966
Race: White
Sex: Male
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blond
Weight: 190 lbs.
Height: 6'2"
Other Information: Dennis is a vulnerable adult, he has been diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic and may be suicidal. He may still be in the local area and may be in need of medical attention.
Investigating Agency: Suffolk County Police Department
NYS Missing Persons Clearinghouse
1-800-346-3543
www.criminaljustice.ny.gov

Date Issued: 12/17/2012
Case #: 12-16159SW
 
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fred&edna said:
Dennis Shepherd
Age 46
blue eyes/strawberry blonde
6'2" 190 lbs
black tee shirt/tan pants/tan sneakers

May 2012
Brentwood NY

On May 18, 2012 Dennis fled into the woods from a vehicle at Pilgrim Psychiatric Center - Brentwood, NY (He was being transported from Stony Brook University Medical Center.)

Namus: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Project Jason: http://projectjason.org/forums/index.php?topic=12542.0

NYStateMissingPersons: http://newyorkstatemissingpersons.n...ennis-shepherd-brentwood-new-york-may-18-2012
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Dennis Shepherd – The Charley Project

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Shepherd, circa 2012

  • Missing Since05/18/2012
  • Missing FromBrentwood, New York
  • ClassificationEndangered Missing
  • SexMale
  • RaceWhite
  • Date of Birth01/06/1966 (54)
  • Age46 years old
  • Height and Weight6'0 - 6'2, 190 pounds
  • Clothing/Jewelry DescriptionA black t-shirt, tan pants and tan sneakers.
  • Medical ConditionsShepherd may suffer from schizophrenia. He was suicidal at the time of his disappearance and suffering from paranoid delusions.
  • Distinguishing CharacteristicsCaucasian male. Blond hair, blue eyes. Shepherd has a scar in the middle of his forehead.
Details of Disappearance
Shepherd was last seen in Brentwood, New York on May 18, 2012. He had been involuntarily committed to a psychiatric unit for a month and transported from the Stony Brook University Medical Center to Pilgrim Psychiatric Center in Brentwood, New York.

Shepherd did not believe anything was wrong with him and refused to be medicated, so the hospital was attempting to get a court order to force him to take medication. On the Pilgrim Psychiatric Center grounds, while being transported to a court hearing, he jumped out of the vehicle and ran into the woods. He has never been heard from again.

Shepherd lived with his girlfriend in Port Washington, New York at the time of his disappearance; he left his vehicle at her home. He may still be in the local area. After his disappearance, his loved ones filed a $5 million negligence lawsuit against Stony Brook Hospital for allowing him to escape. His case remains unsolved.
 
DEC 31, 2021
The Missing: Mom wonders fate of son who escaped Long Island psychiatric center | PIX11
[...]

He was last seen running into the massive woods near the huge complex, dodging a 9:30 a.m. court hearing where he was supposed to fight his “involuntary commitment” to a Stony Brook psychiatric unit.

[...]

“We lived together for nine years,” Shepherd’s former girlfriend, JV, told PIX11 News. “And then he started to experience some depression.”

[...]

“They had him on one medication, and he was doing better,” she said.

But JV recalled that after Dennis Shepherd had a brief setback, he started to refuse medication and would only eat food in sealed packages.

“He had gotten an attorney,” Shepherd’s mother said. “He wanted to have them release him.”

On the morning of May 18, 2012, a hospital van was supposed to take Shepherd to a court hearing at Pilgrim Psychiatric Center in Brentwood.

“They left him in a van unsupervised, and then he fled from the van,” JV said.

Both Shepherd’s mother and JV recalled critical hours were lost, as hospital personnel tried to search for Shepherd on their own, without calling the police at first.

[...]

So the pain of not knowing remains for Shepherd’s family and ex-girlfriend, who called the missing man the love of her life.

[...]

The mom claimed Suffolk County detectives don’t want to take her calls anymore on the anniversary of her son’s disappearance.

“They said, ‘I’m sorry, we told you, if something comes up…we’ll call you,'” she recalled.

[...]
 
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