Found Deceased TN - Nick Callegari, 40, beh chgs due to new epilepsy meds, Chattanooga, 1 Jan 2022 *Reward*

[Cubby]

Nick has been missing without his medication or his phone since January 1. He was recently diagnosed with absence epilepsy.

'We just want him home': Chattanooga Police searching for epileptic man last seen on New Year's Day - NewsBreak

 

[YaYa_521]

TY for starting a thread for Nick. Here's more from the article:

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...started new medication that was changing his behavior. "He just wasn't himself starting around Christmas," said Callegari. [snip] "He doesn't have like a grand mal seizure, where he's like falling down on the ground and seizing," said their friend RP. "He just like goes blank."

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'We just want him home': Chattanooga Police searching for epileptic man last seen on New Year's Day

 

[Cubby]

I'm trying to find information on the Tennessee laws regarding Silver Alert and Endangered missing adult alert. It would seem with Nick's medical condition he would qualify for either Silver Alert or Endangered missing adult Alert.

Off to work. BBL

 

[YaYa_521]

Nick's FB page.

 

[YaYa_521]

Surveillance video of missing Chattanooga man

 

[YaYa_521]

‘We need him home’: Search continues for Chattanooga man missing for several weeks
Jan 22, 2022 Updated Jan 24, 2022
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...last seen on surveillance video leaving Champy’s on ML King Boulevard. It was around 5 p.m. on New Year’s Day
...asking any businesses in the area to check surveillance video from the evening of January 1, 2022 so they can start to piece together what happened after he left Champy’s.
...he may be using a Visa gift card around downtown. Lauren is also asking businesses to look for records showing someone using a card ending in either 0496 or 4418.
....call the Chattanooga Police Department at (423) 698-2525.

 

[Darling136]

‘We need him home’: Search continues for Chattanooga man missing for several weeks

Still missing

 

[YaYa_521]

I hate posting this here, but... Nick was reported missing from TN about 3 weeks ago.

Jackson County Sheriff’s Office investigators recover body found in river
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• ...recovered a body from the river near the Jones Cove area.
• The man from Tennessee was reported missing nearly three weeks ago.
• ...not releasing the name of the individual until family members have been notified.

 

[happyday]

This is so sad. I know anti-epileptic drugs can cause depression and suicidal thoughts so doctors need to keep tabs on their patients, especially for the first few weeks. This could account for his change in behavior. I was put on an epilepsy med for migraines once, and it’s also used as a mood stabilizer so could bring you down from mania. If you don’t have mania, then it can make you depressed. Also you CANNOT just abruptly stop taking it—even though I did not have epilepsy I was told not to stop or I would have a seizure. So many side effects—and no, it did not help my migraines at all so after 2 years I finally weaned off. Worried for Nick. I hope the body isn’t him.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Body Found In River Being Checked For Missing Chattanooga Man

 

[YaYa_521]

Body Found In River Being Checked For Missing Chattanooga Man

I hope it's not Nick except for the peace of mind for his family to finally know where he is. The sad reality is that these remains belong to someone so there's a family and other loved ones who will be getting some terrible news soon.

 

[Darling136]

A body that was found in the Tennessee River in Jackson County, Al., has been identified as that of a missing Chattanooga man.

Forty-year-old Nick Callegari had been missing after going for a walk on New Year's Day.



Body Found In River In Jackson County, Al., Is Identified As Missing Chattanooga Man

 

[happyday]

A body that was found in the Tennessee River in Jackson County, Al., has been identified as that of a missing Chattanooga man.

Forty-year-old Nick Callegari had been missing after going for a walk on New Year's Day.



Body Found In River In Jackson County, Al., Is Identified As Missing Chattanooga Man

 

[YaYa_521]

Heartbreaking update. Sending prayers to all who love him.

Rest in peace, Nick.

 

[whimdriven]

Very sad for his son, wife, and family who I’ve known of my whole life, basically. Devastating.