Rosemary Cosgrove, 51, traveled from Edinburgh to New York City in March 2003 to see the St. Patrick’s Day parade despite living with frontotemporal dementia (Pick’s Disease), a condition that causes personality change, poor judgment and forgetfulness. She arrived at Newark on March 13 and checked into the Belvedere Hotel on West 48th Street. On arrival she lost her travel bag containing her passport and return ticket and showed repeated disorientation during the stay, at times forgetting her hotel’s name and entering the wrong one.

The last confirmed sighting was March 18, 2003, as she left the Belvedere intending to go to the airport to report the lost bag. She did not board her return flight and was reported missing March 21. Her credit card and bank account show no activity after arrival, she reportedly had about $600 in cash, and some belongings were left in her hotel room. Eight months later her passport was mailed from the British embassy in Washington, D.C., to a passport office in Peterborough, England, then forwarded to her home; who found it or where it was found is unknown. Authorities say foul play is not suspected; her family believes she may be homeless or deceased.

Does anyone have information about Rosemary’s movements in Manhattan in mid-March 2003 or recall seeing a woman matching her description near the Belvedere or the city’s airports?