OK OK - Ishmel Evans, 58, has Wernicke-Korsakoff Synd w/dementia symptoms, not seen since released from Grand Mental Health, Tulsa, May 2025

[Unalienable Rights]

Family searches for missing Tulsa man with dementia after discharge from mental health facility

A Tulsa family is urgently searching for 58-year-old Ishmel Evans, who has been missing for over a month after being discharged from Grand Mental Health. Ishmel suffers from Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome, a condition similar to dementia, which raises concerns for his safety. His sister, Shallahmar...

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A Tulsa family is desperately seeking answers after 58-year-old Ishmel Evans has been missing for over a month.

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Ishmel Evans suffers from Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome, a condition often associated with chronic alcohol use that mimics dementia.

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After several days of uncertainty regarding Ishmel's whereabouts, the family filed a missing persons report. They presented emergency guardianship paperwork to Grand Mental Health, only to learn he had been discharged the day after his admission.

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More information in linked article.

 

[GraceG]

That type of dementia can be surprisingly severe, even in the young. My fear is he might be drinking again which could only make the situation worse.

After an arrest on DV (assault) charges in 2021 (Case No. No. CM-2021-2990) he was to undergo alcohol assessment but he ended up with another charge for the same thing and was sentenced to 3 years in jail in 2022 with early release (balance of sentence suspended) if he completed treatment. (unknown if he did)

From: OSCN Docket Search

STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Plaintiff, v. ISHMEL EVANS, Defendant.
No. CF-2021-4297(Criminal Felony)
Count # 1. Count as Filed: ABDOM, DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND BATTERY - 2ND OFFENSE, in violation of 21 O.S. 644 C
Date of Offense: 11/02/2021 Filed: 11/05/2021 Closed: 08/09/2022

08-09-2022 CONVICTED
JUDGE MICHELLE KEELY: DEFENDANT PRESENT, IN CUSTODY AND REPRESENTED BY (name redacted) PD. R. DEFENDANT ADVISED OF RIGHTS, WAIVED JURY/NON JURY TRIAL AND ENTERED PLEA OF GUILTY. COURT ACCEPTS GUILTY PLEA, FINDS DEFENDANT GUILTY, AND SENTENCES AS FOLLOWS:

COUNT 1) DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO THREE (3) YEARS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ALL TIME IN CUSTODY. DEFENDANT ASSESSED: COSTS.

DEFENDANT RECEIVES CREDIT FOR TIME SERVED AND EARNED.

CASE TO RUN CONCURRENTLY WITH CM-2021-2990.

DEFENDANT TO COMPLETE KEYS TO LIFE OR EQUIVALENT PROGRAM. UPON COMPLETION OF PROGRAM, BALANCE OF SENTENCE TO BE SUSPENDED.