TROTWOOD — An 86-year-old dementia patient died after being found in a freezer two hours after she was reported missing from a Trotwood nursing home.
Staff at Maria Joseph Nursing & Rehabilitation Center reported Sofiya Perel, 86, was missing from a secure unit at 1:38 a.m. Tuesday. Staff had been searching for Perel for two hours, according to dispatch logs.
“The alarm didn’t go off," a nurse told 911 dispatchers. “We don’t know how she got out.”
Police searched the area and called in a helicopter to assist in looking for Perel. At 4 a.m., she was found in a freezer, according to records.
The cause and manner of her death have not been determined, according to Montgomery County Coroner Dr. Kent Harshbarger.
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