Muhammad Jamal wrote
Sunday, March 05, 2023 06:56 PM
After 30 years passed during which an American family was convinced that their beloved Patricia Kupta had died, following her loss and the failure of the police to find any information related to her disappearance, the family was shocked to discover that she was still alive, and she is 83 years old today, according to Sky News.
Patricia Copta was last seen in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1992, as she was roaming the streets and giving “sermons”, in addition to her work at the city’s art institute.
Patricia Copta
Before her disappearance, doctors in a mental health institution diagnosed her with “delusions of grandeur,” noting that “she had signs of schizophrenia.”
Her family explained that she was removed from the facility, where she continued to preach until she disappeared.
Copta was found, 30 years after her disappearance, in a nursing home in Puerto Rico, after she was admitted to it as a “person in need” due to her suffering from dementia, 7 years after her disappearance.
Commenting on the shocking developments, Bob Kupta, who was married to her for 20 years before her disappearance, said: “It is comforting to know that she is not in a hole somewhere,” according to Sky News.
Patricia Copta
He confirmed that he had “experienced with a range of emotions over the years, but he is content to know that his wife is alive and being taken care of.”
He continued, “After 30 years, you try to forget it. Now I can forget. We know what happened and it is being taken care of.”
On the reason that prompted Kupta to flee, Deputy Chief of Police of Ross Township, Brian Kohleb, explained that she was afraid of being admitted to a mental health hospital, after the diagnosis her family received.
And the woman fled to Puerto Rico, where it is believed that she toured regularly in a number of cities on the island, which she had always loved and made sure to visit before her marriage.
The reason she was found was information she had given to care home workers last year, when she said she had arrived in Puerto Rico on a cruise ship from Europe, prompting the care home to contact authorities in Pennsylvania to inquire about her identity.
To find out more details about the woman, her family said that she was an outstanding student, and in her youth she worked as a model and dancer.
Copta has two sisters, a twin who died 6 years ago, and a younger sister who was relieved to know she was still alive and would visit her, even if she didn’t remember her because of her dementia.