NJ NJ - Angela "Angie" Anderson, 54, boarded a train from Trenton, NJ, to Philadelphia, PA, 4 Nov 2024

[GuyfromCanada]

For immediate release: The Palmyra Police Department is investigating a missing persons incident in regard to one of our residents. This department is working actively with local, state, and federal agencies in locating Angela Anderson.

Any and all information can help assist with the investigation. Please contact the Palmyra Police Department and or any other local police department if you have information to assist with locating Miss Anderson who was last seen at the Philadelphia 30th Street Amtrak Train Station.

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Missing BurlCo Woman Last Seen Entering Train A Week Ago

Local, state and federal agencies are coordinating in the search for Angela 'Angie' Anderson.

patch.com

Why was Angela heading to Philadelphia?

 

[Shamrock1]

Missing BurlCo Woman Spotted In DC As Widespread Search Continues

Angela Anderson left the state on a train several weeks ago. Local, state and federal agencies have been looking for her ever since.

patch.com

 

[GraceG]

There is an Angela Anderson in the New Jersey court system, age 54 with a recent arrest, but in finding the booking photo it is a woman of a different race, so NOT the missing woman. Without a middle name I'm not finding anything.

 

[Unalienable Rights]

Mom Was Supposedly on the Way to Visit Daughter. Then She Got on Train and Disappeared: 'It's Scary' (Exclusive)

The daughter of a missing New Jersey woman, who disappeared after boarding a train three weeks ago, says she is upset and scared for her mother's life.

people.com

• Angela Anderson, 54, entered a SEPTA train at the Trenton Transit Center in Trenton, N.J., on Monday, Nov. 4, according to authorities
• Daughter Deirdre Rice tells PEOPLE that her mother, who had recently returned home following five weeks at a hospital, told her caseworker that she wanted to go to the station so she could visit her daughter in Pennsylvania — but Rice urged them not to take her.
• “It's a very hard time,” she tells PEOPLE, adding, “I am not sure if my mom is alive"

This is a long article that answers a lot of questions. Briefly: She developed serious mental health issues five years ago. She repeatedly contacted police, telling them she was being followed. Authorities had her committed to a hospital involuntarily. When she was discharged, she was assigned a case worker. Case worker phoned daughter and said her mother told case worker she wanted to visit her daughter in PA. Daughter told case worker to not let her leave the apartment. Case worker called daughter back and said her supervisor said it would be OK if she went to PA, so they drove her to the train station. She didn't have ID or money. Police say she was seen in Washington DC, but she doesn't know anyone in DC. There is a lot more in the article.

 

[neondreams]

The daughter told the case worker not to let her mother, Angela, leave, and thus, I'm assuming, also told him/her not to let her go to Pennsylvania, but the supervisor thought he/she knew better and let Angela go anyway, even put her on a train?? In such a vulnerable condition?? And alone?!
Am I understanding this correctly? Because, wow, that's a total lapse in judgment. So very preventable. At least from how I'm interpreting it.
Poor Angela. Missing for over 3 weeks already. So many things might have happened to her, or befallen her. I really hope she can be found soon and thst her daughter receives answers. She must be so worried, and rightfully so.

 

[Kittypoo]

Mom Was Supposedly on the Way to Visit Daughter. Then She Got on Train and Disappeared: 'It's Scary' (Exclusive)

The daughter of a missing New Jersey woman, who disappeared after boarding a train three weeks ago, says she is upset and scared for her mother's life.

people.com

• Angela Anderson, 54, entered a SEPTA train at the Trenton Transit Center in Trenton, N.J., on Monday, Nov. 4, according to authorities
• Daughter Deirdre Rice tells PEOPLE that her mother, who had recently returned home following five weeks at a hospital, told her caseworker that she wanted to go to the station so she could visit her daughter in Pennsylvania — but Rice urged them not to take her.
• “It's a very hard time,” she tells PEOPLE, adding, “I am not sure if my mom is alive"

This is a long article that answers a lot of questions. Briefly: She developed serious mental health issues five years ago. She repeatedly contacted police, telling them she was being followed. Authorities had her committed to a hospital involuntarily. When she was discharged, she was assigned a case worker. Case worker phoned daughter and said her mother told case worker she wanted to visit her daughter in PA. Daughter told case worker to not let her leave the apartment. Case worker called daughter back and said her supervisor said it would be OK if she went to PA, so they drove her to the train station. She didn't have ID or money. Police say she was seen in Washington DC, but she doesn't know anyone in DC. There is a lot more in the article.

The cynic in me thinks the case worker moved her on so she became someone else’s responsibility, just awful and scary
JMO

 

[Knox]

The cynic in me thinks the case worker moved her on so she became someone else’s responsibility, just awful and scary
JMO

God I hope not! But why would they take her to the station and drop her off if they knew she had no money and no form of ID? That should be a criminal offense if true.

 

[truthfinder2019]

Can anyone explain why she would be assigned a caseworker after being in hospital ? Does it mean MH issues ?
Does not add up, if she did not have the means to travel, why would someone appointed to check on her leave her in duress ? I don’t understand

 

[realanastasia]

Can anyone explain why she would be assigned a caseworker after being in hospital ? Does it mean MH issues ?
Does not add up, if she did not have the means to travel, why would someone appointed to check on her leave her in duress ? I don’t understand

Yes, MH issues. See the People article linked above.

 

[dms]

God I hope not! But why would they take her to the station and drop her off if they knew she had no money and no form of ID? That should be a criminal offense if true.

According to the People article, her daughter told the case worker that Angie had no money or ID during the phone call after she'd been dropped off at the station. The caseworker had allegedly asked Angie about those things and was told to mind his or her own business.

The daughter is understandably angry, but there's only so much a caseworker can do. They couldn't exactly detain her; Angie's a grown woman and had been released from the hospital (with "court-ordered resources," whatever that means in NJ). It's possible they drove her to the train station out of concern she'd go missing on the way -- couldn't stop her from going, but at least could make sure she got to the station safely.

There are bad caseworkers out there, but so far I don't see much evidence that this was one of them. That must be an incredibly frustrating job.

jmo, of course.

 

[xlr8ing19002]

Can someone explain why she is not listed as missing in DC? She was last seen in DC, yet when you check DC's missing listings and websites, you will see that she is not listed.