A Pennsylvania woman was very concerned for the welfare of her mentally-ill son after he went missing from his hometown last month, briefly resurfaced this week in pajamas along a busy Athens highway and once again cannot be accounted for.
Adam Farrell, 26, reportedly left his home in Scranton, Pa. in May without money or a vehicle. He is delusional and is said by his mother to be extremely at risk due to his behavior.
“He thinks he is God most of the time and he talks to my dog, which passed away a year ago,” said Marie Deverman Jones.
Farrell also believes he is followed by the mob, and because he has no medication is liable to “go off the deep end” if provoked, according to his mother.
“A couple of times he sucker punched someone because he thought they were the devil,” Deverman Jones said. “I am afraid is he meets a police officer that is not too friendly, that could be the end of him.”
The man was fortunate to have run across some sympathetic police in Athens Monday morning, when they found him walking along the Athens Perimeter while clad in pajamas.
Police persuaded Farrell to go with them to Athens Regional Medical Center, where they left him with security personnel with hopes he would speak to a doctor. An officer later contacted Deverman Jones to let her know where her son was, and that police in Athens were unable to detain him because he was an adult who had not committed a crime and did not appear to be an imminent threat to himself or others.
“He did explain the law to me, but Adam puts on a good front. He will say everything is all right,” Deverman Jones said.
It was unknown what happened to Farrrell after he was taken to the hospital.
Deverman Jones remains hopeful that if her son was still in the Athens area and someone might see him and call the Scranton Police Department at (570) 348-4141.
The distraught mother said she would even immediately drive to Athens to get her son should be found.
“I will pray for his safe return,” Deverman Jones said.
She can be reached at (570) 357-3068.
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