"Brilliant But Clueless" Missing Med Student Was At YMCA

The missing 34-year-old medical student who seemed to disappear without a trace after being kicked out of her Midtown apartment was found safe and sound at the West Side YMCA. Aimee Angle-Zahn, who reportedly has epileptic seizure disorder as well as a "gullible" and "clueless" nature, was found after cops looked at the activity on her debit card.

Last week, Angle-Zahn apparently had to leave her apartment because a rent dispute. She has been subletting a room from Randy Williams but he called her parents saying she didn't pay her rent and he wanted his $650. Later, Angle-Zahn emailed her parents, saying Williams hit her with a broom and took her cell phone, plus she had no place to go. The Angles booked a room at a hotel near Laguardia for Thursday night, as well as a plane ticket back home to Michigan for Friday, but when Angle-Zahn didn't show up at the hotel or fly home, they worried. Her father Allen Angle flew to NYC to look for her; he said that NYPD would not help him because Angle-Zahn, who is a fourth-year student at Cornell medical school, has a Michigan driver's license.

According to the Daily News, "Police notified her family and let a relative know Angle-Zahn was in good health and was not the victim of a crime. Police said she did not require any medical treatment and that she was free to stay at the YMCA -- at Broadway and West 63rd St. -- where they found her." A police source told the Post, "Apparently it was just a lack of communication" between her and her family. Angle-Zahn allegedly told police that she didn't know how to make a collect call.

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By Jen Chung in News on November 17, 2010 9:38 AM

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asg749d

Thank God she was found. A Fordham University MBA student was reported missing for a few days and was also found two days ago.

wow 14th street

"Home Alone" The Real Story!

Sadly though this very smart woman has bi-polar illness and

this is typical behavior,it is a sad disease.

40oz.killa

I'd say the parents are the ones that's "brilliant and clueless"

potsmoker

id hit it...

wonderchimp5

her?

Dogsbody

Well thank god she wasn't walking alone in Queens after all, eh?

handsomedevil

That was thanks to my prayers. I don't usually like to talk about it, but you're welcome, lady.

robingee

YOU DID IT TOO!

chuzzlewit

azzbehrrgehrrrrssss

dadoc

Okay, now that she's been "found" (never missing), if she's so inept, why Med School? If research, why not a nice quiet PhD program somewhere? Even as a student, you are involved (under supervision) in patient care. If she did a residency, She'd be doing patient care, assisting in the OR, etc. Reminds me of a surgical resident we had years ago. Bad attitude, nasty, inept, incompetent (and, a "minority", unrelated). Never divulged until he was being dumped that he had "dyslexia and ADD", and threatened to bring ADA act, ACLU, NLRB, etc wrath down on the hospital. Needless to say he graduated, and has been turned loose on the public. The Med School may be in the same position right now, she may complete the program. Always Google your Doc :)

handsomedevil

Of course with this story it sounds like the family might be a tad hysterical. There's no evidence that she's actually inept at anything.

BigUps

Aspergers

robingee

I'm still waiting to hear more about this whole NYPD-won't-help-people-with-out of town-licenses thing. What the hell?

jaycjay

Certainly inaccurate. What they probably told her was that since she was an adult, she had valid identification that would allow her to travel, and she had said that she was going to travel to Michigan, there's really no reason to conclude that she's "missing" in New York.

Obviously, though, they did help... and found her at the YMCA. What it really sounds like is that the family wanted the story out in the media, so wanted it to sound as if the situation was desperate and they had nowhere to turn but to ask for the public's help.

areyoutuffenuff

Why use common sense and miss an opportunity to bash the NYPD?

theevilone

So they tracked her down using her debit card. She couldn't manage to use that debit card at an internet cafe to email her parents? Or to buy a prepaid phone card? Don't even get me started on the collect call.

And +1 on it not saying anything about Asperger's. Asperger's doesn't mean you have no common sense or basic life skills.