AZ AZ - Dr. Mark Salerno, 61, Moon Valley, Phoenix, Maricopa County, 12 Oct 2018

[cybervampira]

Phoenix-area pediatrician who faked '02 kidnapping is gone again

Dr. Mark Salerno had a starring role in a national media spectacle in 2002, having faked his own kidnapping before being pulled from the trunk of his car hundreds of miles from his metro Phoenix home.

The pediatrician was brought back to Arizona and, later that year, disappeared for three weeks before turning up in Pennsylvania.

In the years since, he returned to work and delved into other projects, including one to help community members struggling with mental illness.

The Phoenix New Times headlined a 2011 article: "Dr. Mark Salerno Is Living Proof That It's Possible to Overcome Mental Illness."

Then came Oct. 12.

Salerno, 61, left his home in the Moon Valley area of north Phoenix and hasn't returned.

For the third time, his family and law enforcement are concerned for Salerno's well being.

His missing person's case is listed as a "check welfare" and not as a more suspicious or high-priority search, according to Sgt. Vince Lewis, a Phoenix police spokesman. As with past incidents, there are concerns about his mental well-being.

"He may shy away from law enforcement if contacted," Lewis said.

Salerno was last seen driving a 2001 Ford Explorer Sport with Arizona license plate CAE1773. He is described as being 5 feet 11 inches tall and 250 pounds with long brown hair that he usually keeps in ponytail.

Doctor who faked his own kidnapping in 2002 is now missing again | Daily Mail Online

 

[doodles1211]

Good gracious! I hope he is found and gets the help he is in need of. I go by the Moon Valley area a couple times a week. I wouldn't imagine he is around there going by his previous disappearances.

 

[ffroggy]

Phoenix-area pediatrician who faked '02 kidnapping is gone again

Dr. Mark Salerno had a starring role in a national media spectacle in 2002, having faked his own kidnapping before being pulled from the trunk of his car hundreds of miles from his metro Phoenix home.

The pediatrician was brought back to Arizona and, later that year, disappeared for three weeks before turning up in Pennsylvania.

In the years since, he returned to work and delved into other projects, including one to help community members struggling with mental illness.

The Phoenix New Times headlined a 2011 article: "Dr. Mark Salerno Is Living Proof That It's Possible to Overcome Mental Illness."

Then came Oct. 12.

Salerno, 61, left his home in the Moon Valley area of north Phoenix and hasn't returned.

For the third time, his family and law enforcement are concerned for Salerno's well being.

His missing person's case is listed as a "check welfare" and not as a more suspicious or high-priority search, according to Sgt. Vince Lewis, a Phoenix police spokesman. As with past incidents, there are concerns about his mental well-being.

"He may shy away from law enforcement if contacted," Lewis said.

Salerno was last seen driving a 2001 Ford Explorer Sport with Arizona license plate CAE1773. He is described as being 5 feet 11 inches tall and 250 pounds with long brown hair that he usually keeps in ponytail.

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Doctor who faked his own kidnapping in 2002 is now missing again | Daily Mail Online

Good gracious! I hope he is found and gets the help he is in need of. I go by the Moon Valley area a couple times a week. I wouldn't imagine he is around there going by his previous disappearances.

Phoenix-area pediatrician who faked '02 kidnapping is gone again

Dr. Mark Salerno had a starring role in a national media spectacle in 2002, having faked his own kidnapping before being pulled from the trunk of his car hundreds of miles from his metro Phoenix home.

The pediatrician was brought back to Arizona and, later that year, disappeared for three weeks before turning up in Pennsylvania.

In the years since, he returned to work and delved into other projects, including one to help community members struggling with mental illness.

The Phoenix New Times headlined a 2011 article: "Dr. Mark Salerno Is Living Proof That It's Possible to Overcome Mental Illness."

Then came Oct. 12.

Salerno, 61, left his home in the Moon Valley area of north Phoenix and hasn't returned.

For the third time, his family and law enforcement are concerned for Salerno's well being.

His missing person's case is listed as a "check welfare" and not as a more suspicious or high-priority search, according to Sgt. Vince Lewis, a Phoenix police spokesman. As with past incidents, there are concerns about his mental well-being.

"He may shy away from law enforcement if contacted," Lewis said.

Salerno was last seen driving a 2001 Ford Explorer Sport with Arizona license plate CAE1773. He is described as being 5 feet 11 inches tall and 250 pounds with long brown hair that he usually keeps in ponytail.

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Doctor who faked his own kidnapping in 2002 is now missing again | Daily Mail Online

 

[ffroggy]

In good health, Dr. Salerno is the best pediatrician in the Valley. Let's hope people will help him find his way home and return to work as soon as possible!

 

[doodles1211]

In good health, Dr. Salerno is the best pediatrician in the Valley. Let's hope people will help him find his way home and return to work as soon as possible!

I, also, hope they find him safe and sound. But, I won't be taking any of my kids to see him!

 

[ffroggy]

I, also, hope they find him safe and sound. But, I won't be taking any of my kids to see him!

Your loss.

 

[StarEyes]

I can’t find any updates to this case. Just the AZ Central article posted above. Has anyone heard anything? Did he possible turn into the boy who cried wolf, and nobody’s being overly concerned this time? I can certainly understand that. I think it’s his 3rd time missing. The first 2 were farces. I wonder if he’d just sashay off and start a new life somewhere, never to “be found”? This blows my mind. Seriously. All JMO, of course.

 

[Darling136]

Bolocop alert is still up
MISSING- BOLOCOP

 

[PommyMommy]

JAN 9, 2019
http://listverse.com/2019/01/09/10-people-who-faked-their-own-kidnappings/

[...]

Salerno confessed that he staged the kidnapping over personal and financial issues. His wife and lawyers said he was suffering from depression. He claimed he initially attempted suicide at Hoover Dam before leaving for San Diego and finally Pennsylvania. He took some drugs before locking himself in the trunk, where he slept. He awoke and started banging on the trunk, asking to be let out.

Salerno received a three-year probation sentence. Joe Arpaio, the sheriff of Maricopa County at the time, also billed him about $8,000 for overtime incurred by officers working on his case. Six weeks later, he went missing again. He was found in Pittsburgh when a resident called police after watching him steal a towel from a clothesline. On October 12, 2018, he went missing once again.[2]

 

[GraceG]

When your wife and lawyer says you have depression but no doctor has diagnosed it, red flags go up IMO.

 

[doodles1211]

When your wife and lawyer says you have depression but no doctor has diagnosed it, red flags go up IMO.

He probably diagnosed himself!

I have heard nothing here locally. I didn't even see anything in msm when he disappeared really. Maybe, we could call his office and see if he returned?