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Missing New York City woman with autism found safe

Updated on: November 8, 2024 / 6:18 PM EST / CBS New York

Missing NYC woman with autism found safe

NEW YORK — A missing vulnerable adult from Roosevelt Island has been found safe.

Markeysha Sadlier, a 21-year-old who has borderline cognitive impairment and autism, walked away from her family's home in the early morning hours of Nov. 1 with only the clothes on her back – no medications and no cellphone.

Police said Friday that she has been found safe.

It's unclear where she was or how she was found, but police say she's now home with her family.

Dave Carlin

Dave Carlin has covered major national news stories and events in the past four decades including Superstorm Sandy and its tri-state impacts, Hurricane Hugo in South Carolina and Iniki on Kauai, Hawaii. He also covered the Space Shuttle Program, 1989 San Francisco Earthquake, numerous Southern California wildfires, the trial and execution of serial killer Ted Bundy in Florida, the 1994 police shooting death of Tyke the eacaped Cirus Elephant on the streets of Honolulu, 2009's Miracle on the Hudson, the NYC Mayoral administrations of Bloomberg through Adams and more.

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