NJ man with dementia gets off plane at Newark Airport, disappears

☑️ Hector William Negron walked out of Newark Liberty after his flight landed

☑️ He goes by "Willy" or "Hector"

UPDATE: Port Authority police on Friday told New Jersey 101.5 Hector William Negron checked into New York Presbyterian Hospital Thursday afternoon. Detectives notified his family he had been found. Police did not disclose how Negron came to be in New York or his health.

NEWARK — Where did Hector William Negron go after he got off a flight at Newark Liberty International Airport?

His girlfriend reported the 72-year-old man, who suffers from dementia, missing on Monday when he didn't return to their Clifton home when he landed on Sunday, according to Port Authority police. Negron was last seen leaving the second level of Terminal C via door 5, walking on the side of the road towards the airport exit.

Negron was last seen wearing a red sweater, black pants, black slippers, and carrying a black backpack. Family members said he has a distinctive birthmark on the left side of his face.

Late night arrival

Negron's son, who has the same name, wrote on his Facebook page that his father arrived just before midnight. He does not have a phone on him and goes by the names Hector or Willy.

Port Authority police asked anyone with information about Negron to call 973-961-6300.

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