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DEC 10, 2023
www.nytimes.com
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A spokesman for the Bangor police said the department had communicated with Ms. Scully about her concerns. “We, too, would like to see the family reunited,” the spokesman, Sgt. Jason McAmbley, said. “This is still an open and active investigation.”
The simplest reason Ms. Scully sees to keep searching is that her son’s body has not been found. Beyond that, his vulnerability spurs her on. Mr. Lacher is intelligent, she said — an artist and poet fluent in Spanish and Latin — but he is also prone to paranoia and delusions, fearful of strangers and often nonverbal.
Aware that his judgment could be compromised, he agreed when he turned 18 to let a court appoint his mother as his legal guardian.
“It’s much like someone with dementia,” Ms. Scully said of people with conditions like her son’s. “They’re unprepared, in danger, and they need our help.”
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In Maine, a Mother’s Lonely Quest for Her Missing Son
Tammy Lacher Scully’s adult son disappeared 18 months ago from a psychiatric hospital in Bangor. It has fallen on her to keep the search going.
A spokesman for the Bangor police said the department had communicated with Ms. Scully about her concerns. “We, too, would like to see the family reunited,” the spokesman, Sgt. Jason McAmbley, said. “This is still an open and active investigation.”
The simplest reason Ms. Scully sees to keep searching is that her son’s body has not been found. Beyond that, his vulnerability spurs her on. Mr. Lacher is intelligent, she said — an artist and poet fluent in Spanish and Latin — but he is also prone to paranoia and delusions, fearful of strangers and often nonverbal.
Aware that his judgment could be compromised, he agreed when he turned 18 to let a court appoint his mother as his legal guardian.
“It’s much like someone with dementia,” Ms. Scully said of people with conditions like her son’s. “They’re unprepared, in danger, and they need our help.”
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