Head to the Caribbean! This is where an 83-year-old American woman was found, 31 years after she was reported missing. Her husband, still alive, would like to have her repatriated to the United States, against her will.
After that of Leslie and Kévin, a new disappearance make waves! While the Maddie McCann affair resurfaces after the declarations of a young German woman threatening to commit suicide, that of Patricia Kopta is now the focus of all attention. TV channel sky news and the British daily Pittsburgh Post Gazette – relayed by BFM-TV – are interested in the history of this American worn disappeared in 1992 and found later 31 years of research. Patricia Kopta lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she was last seen before disappearing without a trace.
Shortly before, her husband and the doctors around her had detected a form of schizophrenia. Her husband Bob Kopta even feared that she had been indoctrinated by a sect… “She had lost her job and was walking alone downtown. When there was a baseball game or a concert, she would tell everyone to go home because the end of the world was coming” he recalls, among other doomsday claims.
The investigation finally paid off. At a press conference, Chief of Police Brian Kohlhepp confirmed that Patricia Kopta was not dead and was alive. since 1999 in a retirement home in Puerto Rico, In the Caribbean. Last year, the Interpol agency was notified by social workers in Puerto Rico who thought they recognized Patricia Kopta, which relaunched the investigation and the authorities immediately requested that aa DNA test to confirm his identitybased on the DNA of his sister Gloria Smith and one of his nephews.
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Patricia Kopta no longer wants to return to Pittsburgh
For Bob Kopta, it’s not so surprising. He had suspected for a long time that his wife had been able to go to this island that she particularly loved. He believed her dead despite receivinga letter from his hand in 1997, and through which Patricia Kopta claimed she was being pursued. He had not remarried since.
Today, Patricia Kopta’s family wants her to return to Pittsburgh. But this one is now aged 83 years old and such a journey could have consequences on his already fragile health. In fact, she is dementia and wouldn’t even be able to recognize his sister Gloria Smith, ready to make the trip to meet him. Especially since Patricia Kopta now wants to stay in this retirement home in Puerto Rico where she has been living for more than 20 years now.