Happy Monday: Melanie Nadler Litt Found Safe
Don't expect details on her disappearance soon, though
Fortunately, Atlanta-area dentist Melanie Nadler Litt has been found safe, confirming there was a good reason to declare “no foul play” in her disappearance on or around Octover 14.
Much still remains unclear about the situation involving Dr. Melanie Nadler Litt, who had last been seen on Monday. But on Sunday Cobb Police said the be-on-the-lookout notice for her was canceled as of noon.
A report from Fox 5 Atlanta has more details:
Billy Robertson said he recognized Nadler because she was his dentist years ago. So when he thought he had spotted her outside the Town Center Mall in Marietta, he talked to her.
“I just got this weird feeling that I should at least ask,” he said. “I asked her hey are you a Dentist? Do you remember me by any chance you removed my widsom teeth many years ago”
He then called 911.
Police had no further comment, citing privacy concerns.
I wasn’t optimistic enough to think she was alive; too many missing persons cases end tragically. But even before police said there’d been no foul play, I was beginning to think her case might have a mental health component, and this all but confirms it.
Despite all the grief medical professionals get for a host of reasons, there is a broad assumption that physicians in particular are leading semi-charmed lives, as they tend to be in higher income brackets and therefore have more social stability. It’s not true, though. Most professions requiring advanced degrees draw people who are driven and intense, and with that can sometimes come a considerable mental health burden.
Hopefully, Dr. Nadler is getting whatever care she needs now.
And on a personal note…
In other news, what am I even doing here, with True Crime Report?
Even with long stretches of not updating, I still get a regular, small bump in readers each month, which always surprises me. With each new follower notice, paid or not, I winced at how I’ve hemmed and hawed when looking into a new case, thinking too much about it and essentially talking myself into waiting for something else.
I turn 58 in November. In the last year I’ve lost 80+ pounds. I won’t say I’m in the best shape of my life, but I’m physically stronger than I’ve ever been and most days feel 40. Only some arthritis in my hips really pushes the “damn I feel old” button (like today, as it’s rainy and so perfectly October in New England; I love the atmosphere but am walking like I’m 75). For many reasons this all adds up a feeling of “stop waiting for things and just do them.”
So I’m doing the things. Outside of that I make no guarantees or announcements. Just expect, uh, more things.