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Dr. Pedersoli is a retired researcher with the USDA/DVMR/FDA in Beltsville and was a Professor of Veterinary Medicine at Auburn University in Alabama. Several years ago he began developing Alzheimer's and it has steadily progressed.
On Friday afternoon he wandered out of his home and was tracked by bloodhounds to the intersection of Good Luck Rd and 94th Ave in Lanham where the trail went cold. Search has been done with helicopter and with the volunteers of Mid-Atlantic Search and Rescue, but no trace has shown up in the Lanham-Seabrook neighborhood. He is in very poor health and is without his medications; he will seem dazed and confused and has also reverted to his native language - Portuguese. At the time he was wearing gray pants and a light green long sleeved shirt with a white t-shirt, and black plastic Adidas slip-ons. He was also wearing a navy blue cap and brown-rimmed prescription glasses.
Dr. Pedersoli may have been picked up by a motorist along Good Luck Rd or possibly assisted onto a Metro bus although he had no cash, credit cards, or ATM card. His only identification is a medical alert bracelet from the Alzheimer’s Association's Safe Return which has a toll free phone number – 1-800-572-1122 which can be called to report the number engraved in it.
Please call the following phone numbers with any information about Dr. Pedersoli : John Pedersoli at (301)982-4544 or cell: (240)603-8887.
Heleni Pedersoli at 301-577-7852 English or Spanish or cell 301-806-6119. The PG County police 301-390-2100 or Greenbelt police 301-474-7200.
The Funeral Mass was a powerful witness to the love of Jesus to heal and to comfort us through his presence in our communities and our loving friends. The liturgy celebrated by Fr. Walter Tappe was inspiring and consoling, and friends, neighbors, colleagues, brothers and sisters from our communities filled the church with their presence and their prayers. Here are links to the eulogies given by Waldir's son John Pedersoli and his widow Heleni Pedersoli:
Family and friends will meet for a vigil at Good Luck and Cipriano Roads at 8:00 p.m.
Waldir Pedersoli
http://video.nbc4.com/player/?id=151438
Waldir is still missing May 20, 2009
Still missing -- August 24, 2009
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