Keri Pagnozzi Credit: Courtesy New Hampshire State Police

State Police located a patient on Wednesday evening who’d gone missing from Concord Hospital several hours earlier.

The patient, 46-year-old Keri Pagnozzi, is a New Hampshire Hospital patient who was receiving care at Concord Hospital when she left the facility without permission, authorities said in a press release. New Hampshire Hospital treats patients with mental illness.

State troopers responded to the Pleasant Street area after receiving a report of a possible sighting of Pagnozzi at 8:09 p.m., then took her into custody on pending warrants, according to the press release. The search lasted at least five hours.

Authorities said she was not believed to pose a threat to the public.

The New Hampshire State Police assisted members of the State Office Complex Police Force and the Concord Police Department in the search for Pagnozzi.

New Hampshire State Police and local authorities searched for Keri Pagnozzi, a New Hampshire Hospital patient who was receiving care at Concord Hospital when she left the facility without permission, on Rum Hill Road in Concord on Wednesday afternoon. Credit: ALEXANDER RAPP / Monitor

Gopalakrishnan covers the New Hampshire court system, mental health, and the casino industry, along with the towns of Bow, Hopkinton, and Dunbarton. She can be reached at sgopalakrishnan@cmonitor.com

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