NYPD: 68-Year-Old Man Missing After Escaping From Queens Nursing Home
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police are investigating after a resident of a Queens nursing home made a dramatic escape.
The 68-year-old man was last seen around 2:30 a.m. Saturday inside the Regal Heights Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Jackson Heights.
It was reported to police that the man used a makeshift rope, possibly out of plastic bags tied together, to lower himself from a fourth floor window.
According to police, the man ran off in an unknown direction and is still at large.
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