Missing Woman, 68, Rescued From Wooded Area By Suffolk Police

SELDEN, NY — A missing elderly woman who was injured in a wooded area in Selden was rescued by Suffolk police on Monday.

A 68-year-old woman was reported missing by her daughter at the St. Joseph’s Village Senior Citizens complex, at 2000 Boyle Road, police said. The woman’s caretaker noticed the woman was gone, but her cellphone, wallet and purse were in the residence. The door of the home was found slightly ajar, and the daughter called 911 at 1:25 p.m.

Sixth Precinct Patrol officers and Sixth Squad detectives responded to the home, where Detective Sergeant Timothy Romaine and Detective Luis Cabrera began a search, calling in Canine Officer Thomas Teufel and his dog, Maverick, to check the wooded area surrounding the complex. Maverick tracked the woman’s scent and found her lying face-up in the woods at 5:23 p.m. The woman, who left her apartment around midnight, became disoriented and fell.

The woman was transported via Selden Fire Department ambulance to John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson for treatment of dehydration.