Hell's Kitchen Woman With Dementia Reported Missing: Police

HELL'S KITCHEN, NY — Police asked for help this week finding an elderly woman with dementia who went missing from her Hell's Kitchen home on Sunday.

Deta McKoy, 70, has Alzheimer's and dementia and may need medical attention, authorities said. She lived on West 43rd Street near 10th Avenue but was last seen around 10:30 a.m. Sunday, on Seymour Avenue in the Bronx, police said.

Police described her as about 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighing 140 pounds with a thin build, brown eyes and black hair. She was last seen wearing a yellow shirt, black and white plaid pants and black sneakers.

Police asked anyone with information to call the Midtown North detective squad at 212-676-8415, or the NYPD Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). People can also submit tips online or on Twitter, @NYPDTips.

MISSINGSILVER ALERTOn June 6, 2021 at approximately 1030 hours, Deta McKoy, DOB 12/3/1950, last seen at 2748 Seymour Avenue, Bronx, NY, 49 Pct. Deta McKoy is diagnosed with Dementia and Alzheimer’s Please contact the MTN Detective Squad with any information at 212-767-8415 pic.twitter.com/8JeMsMdwPP
— NYPD Midtown North (@NYPDMTN) June 7, 2021