Our uninvited guest, the sequel

[lblanchard]

The man we found sleeping on our doorstep yesterday has been identified as a resident of another neighborhood, suffering from dementia, who wandered off a couple days ago. One of the officers who responded to my 9-1-1 call dropped by to tell me. His name is Robert Jean-Louis and according to the police report he speaks fluent English, French and Haitian Creole. You can see his picture at the link:

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/dncrime/Police-need-publics-help-to-find-missing-man-who-suffers-from-dementia.html

Comments

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

What once was lost....(or perhaps in this case, WHO)

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

That's just kind of sad.

[chakolate.livejournal.com]

I wondered about that. When I lived in a fairly run-down neighborhood, we'd get guys sleeping in our doorway, but when you told them they couldn't sleep there, they'd say okay, or sorry, and shove off. It seemed really odd that he persisted in that way.

Odd, and scary.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

It was a little bit like having a benign zombie on our doorstep at first. When I told him that I had called the police and they would get him the help he needed (from my side of the locked door), though, he seemed to brighten and calm down a bit.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

Generally, the mere act of opening our door causes folks sitting (or sleeping) on our stoop to get up and move.