Man found wandering Warsaw streets vanishes again
A SERIOUSLY ill man, who was found wandering the streets of Warswaw in Poland, has vanished for a second time in less than a week.
Matthew Evans, of Tonge Moor, suffers from the advanced stages of Huntington's Disease, a genetic condition that damages nerve cells and leads to dementia.
The 49-year-old travelled alone to Warsaw and hours after his arrival on May 9, was found wandering the streets of the capital and taken to hospital.
A Foreign Office source say he discharged himself from the Central Clinic Hospital on Monday and that the last time he was seen was in a taxi as he was being taken to the airport to return home to England.
But his worried brother, Paul, who lives in Devon, has still not heard from Matthew and believes he is still somewhere in Europe.
He said: "The last we heard about him was that he had been put in a taxi to the airport but he has still not arrived home so he must have gone somewhere else but we have no idea where and are frantic with worry."
Mr Evans who once worked in sales, travelling the world for his job, lacks co-ordination and cannot walk far as he has poor balance.
His mother died from the disease, his older brother committed suicide when he was diagnosed with the illness and his sister is being cared for in a nursing home after developing the condition.
This is not the first time Mr Evans has disappeared. He was in Thailand when the Tsunami struck and his family feared he had been killed because they did not hear from him for three months.
He was beaten up during a second visit to Thailand at Christmas 2006.
His brother Paul is arranging a meeting with Bolton Social Services to increase the care he receives.
He currently receives help at mealtimes but lives independently.
6:44pm Friday 9th May 2008
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