NYPD: 68-Year-Old Man Missing After Escaping From Queens Nursing Home

New York City NY

10 August, 2021

1:04 PM

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CBS New York August 10, 2021 Police are investigating after a resident of a Queens nursing home made a dramatic escape. The 68-year-old man was last seen around 2:30 a.m. Saturday inside the Regal Heights Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Jackson Heights. It was reported to police that the man used a makeshift rope, possibly out of plastic bags tied together, to lower himself from a fourth floor window. CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.