The parents of Emily Monzón, the young woman with Asperger Syndrome, disappeared in Maspeth, are already sleeping peacefully, because they finally found their daughter, who had been missing for 11 days.
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Last week Luis Monzón reported that his eldest daughter, Emily, 24, had left the house in the morning, but did not return afterward. Distraught, he not only reported her disappearance to the police, he also He went with his wife, Rochy, and their daughter, Raquel, from house to house through their neighborhoodasking the neighbors to please show them the security cameras.
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This is how they discovered that the young woman was walking on 68 St., which made them suspect that she was headed for Maurice Park.
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However, after seeing the images, Mr. Luis Monzón was more concerned than before: “ It was as if the earth swallowed her.” he told Univision 41. “Because there was (nothing) around the park; we searched all available cameras and there was absolutely no trace of her. The only thing that was seen is her walking towards the park and nothing is known from there.”
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Last week, investigators searched for Emily Monzón in a park
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On Thursday, several investigators headed to the outskirts of the park, looking for clues that would lead them to Emily, but the probe led to nothing conclusive.
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While the researchers did their work, Emily’s family did not sit idly by. The Monzons and their friends went through the streets posting 250 Emily flyers, hoping someone would call them with a tip.
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On Sunday, Don Luis Monzón, Rochy and Raquel decided to visit various sectors of Manhattan to look for Emily. They went first to Rockefeller Center, then to St. Patrick’s Church, and finally to Times Square.
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One of the points they visited in Times Square was the area where the TKTS grandstand is located, between 47th and 46th St. There they saw Emily’s poster asking the public for help looking for her, and when she saw it, Rachel, who is 13 years, she began to cry.
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Her younger sister was the first to see Emily Monzón in Times Square
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Don Luis asked her to be brave: “I told her Rachel, look, we’re all sick, we feel bad, but I need you to help us look for Emily. And if you’re head down, we’re not looking around her, and that’s what we’re here for: we’re going to check around her, we’re going to scan the area, see if we get lucky and find her.”
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What happened next was really amazing, says Don Luis:
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“I swear, not a minute passed, we crossed the street and there she was. And she (Emily) was the one who found it.”
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Don Luis immediately reported his daughter’s finding to the authorities and they transferred her to a hospital where she has been admitted since Sunday for her evaluation. They also want to find out how it is possible that emily, who has Asperger’s Syndrome, was able to get from Maspoth to Manhattan, since she had never done that alone. “She goes on without a wallet, without identification, without a meter card,” says her father, “it’s a mystery how she got there, where she slept, who fed her.”
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Despite all doubts, Don Luis says that he and his family are happy that Emily is safe.
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This Sunday, when the Monzóns returned home, the first thing they did was sleep: “The last two weeks we slept for a couple of hours,” he says, but now, ” finally, they have been able to have peace and sleep”.
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