Vivian Minnielli: Ohio Tourist with Alzheimer’s Missing in NYC

Vivian Minnielli: Ohio Tourist with Alzheimer’s Missing in NYC
Jack Phillips
6/23/2014
Updated:
7/18/2015

Vivian Minnielli, an Ohio tourist with Alzheimer’s, went missing in New York City, authorities said on Monday.

Minnielli, 61, has not returned to her hotel in midtown Manhattan where she was staying.

Police told NBC News they’re searching for her. She was last seen at around 6 p.m. Sunday at the New York Hilton Midtown hotel, located on Sixth Avenue on East 54th Street.

She was spotted going north, police said.

Minnielli is 5 feet, 2 inches tall and weights about 180 pounds. She has blue eyes and blond hair.

She also was last seen wearing a long-sleeved blue sweater, striped white pants, and white sneakers.

The New York Post reported that she her husband and granddaughter were out when she disappeared. They had left her at the hotel to rest because she wasn’t feeling well, the Post said.

A source told the Post that she suffers from an early onset of Alzheimer’s.

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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