Rosie O’Donnell’s missing daughter found
17-year-old located in good health in central New Jersey
Rosie O’Donnell says her 17-year-old daughter Chelsea, missing and in need of medical attention since last week, has been found.
Earlier Tuesday, in a series of tweets and on her website, O’Donnell said South Nyack, N.Y., police, where she lives, had been looking for her daughter since Sunday.
“Rosie wants to thank everyone for their help, especially the South Nyack, N.Y. and Barnegat Light, N.J., police departments,” said O’Donnell’s publicist Cindi Berger in an emailed statement.
According to Detective James Coyle of South Nyack- Grand View Police Department, officers were en route to pick up Chelsea, who was located in New Jersey and is in good health.
Police confirmed Tuesday that Chelsea had not returned home and that they were looking for her.
“The South Nyack- Grand View Police Department is currently investigating a reported missing person, Chelsea O’Donnell, age 17,” chief of police Brent Newbury said in a statement.
O’Donnell said on her website that Chelsea was last seen Aug. 11. “She was wearing a black sweatshirt hoodie, dark ripped blue jeans, women’s grey converse sneakers and a black backpack. Chelsea has a large tattoo on her right side of a dream catcher with the word ‘Breathe.’ ”
O’Donnell, comedian, author, actress, former talk-show host and gay activist, said her daughter left home with her 6-month-old therapy dog named Bear, described as a brown and black terrier.
“Chelsea stopped taking her medicine and is in need of medi- cal attention. Any information please contact authorities,” O’Donnell wrote.
“Chelsea, like millions of people, lives with mental illness,” said Berger. “It has been a difficult road for Chelsea and her family and they just want her back safe.”
O’Donnell, who has five children, has been in the news most recently jousting with billionaire and GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump, with whom she has feuded for years.
Chelsea Belle O’Donnell is one of three kids Rosie has with exwife Kelli Carpenter. O’Donnell adopted her eldest child, Parker, in 1995.
O’Donnell and second wife Michelle Rounds adopted a baby girl, Dakota, in January 2013. She and Rounds are now in the midst of a divorce.