MA MA - Helen Medina, 23, left mental health facility, no phone, family not contacted, Jamaica Plain, Boston, 17 Oct ‘23

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Medina, a 23-year-old Jamaica Plain resident diagnosed with bipolar disorder, according to family members, was voluntarily admitted into a mental health facility in Worcester on Oct. 3 after experiencing a manic episode. Her family believes she was discharged from the facility on Oct. 17 without a cellphone or money. Because Medina didn’t contact any family members when she left the Worcester clinic and they were worried about her mental state, the scramble began to find her

A family’s nightmare quest to find their missing loved one - The Boston Globe

Helen Medina left a behavioral care clinic last month and wasn’t seen again for two weeks, her case falling between the cracks of bureaucratic police work, leaving her family desperately worried.

www.bostonglobe.com

 

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CANCEL BPD Missing Person with Complications Alert: Helen Medina, 23, of Jamaica Plain – Boston Police Department

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Helen Medina has been safely located. Thread title should read '23.

EDIT:
This article states that she went missing again on Nov 1, 2023.

A family’s nightmare quest to find their missing loved one - The Boston Globe

Helen Medina left a behavioral care clinic last month and wasn’t seen again for two weeks, her case falling between the cracks of bureaucratic police work, leaving her family desperately worried.

www.bostonglobe.com

And then, out of the blue, a hospital worker in Queens called Medina’s mother this week to say her daughter was at the hospital. The story would have a happy ending, but Damarys Martinez, another sister of Medina, said on Friday that the young woman is still missing. According to Damarys, Medina was in a troubled state of mind when a New York-based aunt went to pick her upat that Queens hospital after she was discharged. At some point during the car ride, Medina got aggressive and got out of the car.