Australia Peter Roach last seen on May 21, 2023. Rockhampton, QLD

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Can you help? The most curious unsolved missing persons cases of 2023
Peter Roach was last seen leaving Rockhampton Hospital at around 3.40pm on May 21, 2023.

The 80-year-old walked out of the hospital without telling staff or discharging himself.

An air, land and water search from emergency services began as soon as hospital staff noticed him missing.

Police said Mr Roach had a condition that caused him to feel confused.
He was last seen on Rockhampton's Canning Street wearing a grey jumper and maroon shirt with long blue pants and brown shoes.

He is described as Caucasian with brown eyes, salt-and-pepper hair and an amputated left arm.

 

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Hospital changes too late to save dementia patient who walked out never to be seen again

Missing dementia patient Peter Roach had walked out of Rockhampton Hospital several times​

Peter Roach had dementia, was deaf and vision-impaired when he left his ward at the Rockhampton Hospital in May last year.

An extensive land, water and air search involving police and the SES followed.

Almost 12 months on, Mr Roach has not been found.

His younger brother Rodney Roach said the hospital had failed in its duty of care.

"To be able to walk out of the hospital not once or twice, but quite a few times … knowing that a person has dementia, they've got to change their attitude about it," he said.

"These people need help … there's too many cracks in the system."

While police are still treating Mr Roach's disappearance as an active missing person's case, his brother said the search was called off as he had likely already died.

"The Rockhampton Hospital advised them [the SES] that without his medication, because he was pretty frail and that it was cold, that he wouldn't last," Rodney Roach said.