Woman Reported Missing 31 Years Ago Found in Puerto Rico

Woman Reported Missing 31 Years Ago Found in Puerto Rico
Patricia Kopta. Ross Township Police
The Associated Press
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—A Pennsylvania woman who went missing more than 30 years ago in a case that stumped authorities who later declared her legally dead has been found living in a nursing home in Puerto Rico.

Patricia Kopta left behind a husband and siblings and meandered through northern Puerto Rico for a while before she was taken as a person “in need” to the adult care home in 1999, according to details announced at a news conference this week in Ross Township, where she once lived.