February 28, 2004

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  Missing Devon pensioner turns up in New York

  
  

  A pensioner who disappeared from a care home 17 days ago has been found - in New York.

  
  

  David Newport, 79, vanished from Woodtown House home in Bideford, Devon, UK, wearing just a sports jacket and trousers.

  
  

  Paul Tutt, owner of the Woodtown House home, said he was stunned when Mr Newport turned up in the New York suburb of Queens, where he's being treated for thrombosis.

  
  

  "He has talked about wanting to go to America but we never dreamed he would do it."

  
  

   

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