Folk singer Linda Perhacs, 82, has been found safe after disappearing for approximately eight months, the Los Angeles Police Department's Missing Persons Unit confirmed to the Daily Mail. The LAPD stated that due to HIPAA regulations protecting sensitive health information, they could not disclose where Perhacs was found.
Perhacs' friend Mark McNeill first alerted the public to her disappearance on Instagram on Monday, stating that the singer had been discharged from a residential care facility about eight months prior under the supervision of her legal guardian. According to McNeill, friends and collaborators had been unable to contact her since then, and attempts to reach her guardian had gone unanswered.
Concerns grew as Perhacs' music co-producer Fernando Perdomo expressed fears that she may have been abandoned after being discharged from the facility. Perdomo told Page Six that he had contacted her healthcare facility, which informed him that no one is discharged without a proper place to live, though he noted this could be interpreted broadly.
Perdomo, who filed a report with Adult Protective Services, last saw Perhacs in September 2024, celebrating her 80th birthday at the facility. He mentioned hearing from a visitor that Perhacs' memory was