Crime & Safety
Mystery Woman Found Wandering Alone in Bed-Stuy (Updated)
The woman gave her name as "Patricia Griffith," Brooklyn cops say, but could not remember where she lived or how to contact family members.
Photo courtesy of the NYPD
BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — An unidentified elderly woman, pictured above, was found wandering the streets of Bed-Stuy over the weekend in her cheetah-print pajama pants and blue slippers, according to the NYPD.
But on Monday, police said they had identified the woman and connected her with her family.
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Local cops said that when they found the woman near Willoughby and Throop avenues around noon Saturday, she "gave her name as 'Patricia Griffith' but was unable to provide her home address nor any contact information for relatives."
In addition to the cheetah PJ pants and blue slippers, she was wearing a "multicolored knit cap" and a blue sweater when she was found, police said.
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