Linda Perhacs found safe after 8-month missing persons case
Folk singer Linda Perhacs has been found “safe” after vanishing from public contact for eight months, the Los Angeles Police Department Missing Persons Unit confirmed Wednesday. Friends had raised alarms in the linda perhacs8217 missing persons case after they could not reach the 82-year-old or her legal guardian.
Key Takeaways
- The LAPD said Perhacs was found “safe” Wednesday but would not disclose where, citing HIPAA privacy rules.
- Friend Mark McNeill said she left a residential care facility about eight months ago under a legal guardian’s supervision.
- Former manager Laurel Stearns told Page Six the priority was making sure she is safe and comfortable.
- Co-producer Fernando Perdomo had feared she was abandoned after leaving care and filed a report with Adult Protective Services.
- Perhacs is best known for her 1970 psychedelic folk album “Parallelograms.”
What happened in the Linda Perhacs missing persons case?
According to Page Six, the Los Angeles Police Department Missing Persons Unit confirmed Wednesday that Perhacs had been found “safe.”
Officials said they cannot say where she was located because of HIPAA, which protects sensitive patient health information and privacy.
The update closes an anxious stretch for fans and collaborators who had been unable to contact the singer for months. For more celebrity alerts, see our Celebrity Breaking News hub.
Why did friends sound the alarm about Linda Perhacs?
On Monday, friend Mark McNeill posted on Instagram asking the public for help finding Perhacs. He wrote that the singer-songwriter was discharged from a residential care facility roughly eight months ago under the supervision of her legal guardian.
McNeill said friends and longtime collaborators had been unable to reach her, and repeated attempts to contact her guardian had reportedly gone unanswered. The guardian’s identity has not been made clear publicly.
Former manager Laurel Stearns told Page Six on Tuesday, “We are taking all measures. Our priority here is to get the word out and make sure that she is safe and comfortable.”
What did collaborators fear before she was found?
Music co-producer Fernando Perdomo told Page Six he feared Perhacs had been abandoned after being checked out of the facility. “My biggest fear is that she was just dropped off on the street somewhere,” he said.
Perdomo said he contacted her healthcare facility and was told they do not allow anyone to leave without a proper place to live, adding, “But that could mean anything.” He filed a report with Adult Protective Services.
He said the last time he saw her was celebrating her 80th birthday at the facility in September 2024. He later heard her memory was “failing,” and in an Instagram video Monday said he had also lost touch with her next of kin, claiming California law prevented the facility from saying where she was moved.
Perhacs is best known for “Parallelograms” (1970), which found renewed attention in the 1990s. She later released “The Soul of All Natural Things” (2014) and “I’m a Harmony” (2017).