NJ NJ - Richard Hudson, 39, USMC Vietnam Veteran, Marlboro, 9 Mar 1991

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Richard Hudson - New Jersey Missing Person Directory

Richard Hudson, USMC, Vietnam War Veteran

Missing Richard Hudson, USMC, Vietnam War Veteran

Last seen alive: March 09, 1991 at 12:44

Circumstances: Subject was a patient at Marlboro Psychiatric Hospital. He left the hospital and the hospital has since closed.

First Name: Richard
Last Name: Hudson

Details
Age When Last Known Alive: 39
Race: White
Sex: Male
Height: 68.0
Weight: 158.0

Location
City: Marlboro
State: New Jersey
County: Monmouth

Appearance
Hair: Brown
Eye: Blue

Scars And Marks: Scar on knee and right leg
Tattoos: tattoo on right arm

Clothing and Accessories
Clothing: He was wearing a navy blue down jacket and tan pants.
Footwear: Sneakers

Richard Hudson - New Jersey Missing Person Directory

 

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Missing Person Case

Missing Person / NamUs #MP9007 Richard Hudson, Male, White / Caucasian
Date of Last Contact March 9, 1991
Missing From Marlboro, New Jersey
Missing Age 39 Years

Sex Male
Race / EthnicityWhite / Caucasian
Height 5' 8" (68 Inches)
Weight 158 lbs

Circumstances
Date of Last Contact March 9, 1991

Last Known Location Map
Location Marlboro, New Jersey
County Monmouth County
Circumstances of Disappearance Subject was a patient at Marlboro Psychiatric Hospital. He left the hospital and the hospital has since closed.
Circumstance Notes:
See Also Case Number 91-445

 

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Marlboro Psychiatric Hospital - Wikipedia

Marlboro Psychiatric Hospital - Wikipedia

A decision to close the hospital was made in 1995 by Governor Christine Todd Whitman; following a 1993 investigation by then State Senator Richard J. Codey, during which he went undercover at the hospital and found rampant patient abuse, wasteful spending, and other illegal practices.[24] His report stated that he saw patients "were treated with less care than the average prisoner."[25] The process was to start in 1996 and complete the process in three years.[26] The goal was to place patients in community support homes.[27] An initial plan was to provide a $450 a month stipend[11] and "create 40 mobile outreach teams to provide therapy and help with housing, medication and daily living. The teams would include psychologists, nurses and mental health advocates who would be on call 24 hours a day".[26] The hospital closed in 1998.

In 1995, William Jennings who was committed to the hospital following murdering his parents; had been granted grounds privileges and left the hospital.[120] He was found at Walt Disney World in Florida confused and disoriented.[121]

Hospital investigations[edit]
Codey investigation[edit]
Senator Richard J. Codey went undercover to work at Marlboro Hospital.[204] He had gained access to the hospital by applying for employment using the ID of a convicted felon/possible sex offender.[205] His background was never checked and he was assigned to work on one of the most regressed cottages at the hospital; Cottage 16. This cottage housed patients on two levels; first floor and basement. The basement level, all male, housed patients who were often speechless, incoherent or actively psychotic and included those who had murdered outside or inside the hospital. Senator Codey used his experience at the hospital to advocate for stricter rules of employment, including fingerprint and background checks. Additionally, the investigation resulted in the head of the hospital, Dr. David A. Sorenson, being "reassigned".[68]

1993 investigation[edit]
In an executive summary issued in mid-1993, after the 15 month 1993 investigation, showed 'irregularities and questionable activities' at the hospital. "The results of the investigation reveal a tableau of waste, fraud, thievery and corruption in which the squandering of taxpayer dollars virtually has become business as usual at this institution. Senior Hospital officials repeatedly exercised lax supervision and poor judgment, allowing multiple abuses to flourish either by directly participating in them or by simply turning a blind eye."[206] The result was a number of personnel suspended or removed, contracts stopped, and changes to the procedures at the hospital.[207]

1987 investigation[edit]
A report by the US Health Care Financing Administration issued a report that Marlboro Hospital could lose its hospital accreditation. This warning was after the report suggested the hospital was understaffed and it was warned it needed to increase the size of its staff.[208] The report also found a general "insensitivity on the part of the administration to patients, staff and community needs"

 

[madamx]

I have found mention of a Tattoo on his RIGHT arm. But no where have I found what the tattoo is of.

 

[apearn]

Bumping for Richard

FYI the title has a different year than his info states 1990 vs 1991

 

[madamx]

Bumping for Richard

 

[CastlesBurning]

Bumping for Richard, now missing over 31 years...

 

[madamx]

Bumping for Richard

FYI the title has a different year than his info states 1990 vs 1991

OMG I to get this changed.

Bumping for Richard.

 

[madamx]

I cropped his photos into headshots and converted them to black and white.

 

[madamx]

Bump

 

[apearn]

where could this guy possibly have ended up?

 

[Beccalicious]

Bumping for this Vietnam Veteran! Sad it doesn't seem like he was cared for. My dad was in Vietnam in the mid 60s and still has night terrors as well as side effects from agent orange.