Md. Woman With Rare Form of Amnesia Located

Nbcwashington · Sep 04, 2013 · 674 words · By Mila Mimica; Erica Jones

Missing Persons Case Pop Culture Comparison Medical Condition (Dissociative Fugue)

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“Hannah Upp, 28, was last seen just before 8 a.m. Tuesday near Kemp Mill Road and Glenallan Avenue in Maryland.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results about 'American Idol' and unrelated Wikipedia entries (Cobra Kai, Glenn Youngkin). No evidence was provided that confirms the specific date, time, or location of Hannah Upp's disappearance in Maryland.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cobra Kai is an American martial arts comedy drama television series created by Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg, and distributed by Sony Pictures Television. It serves as a sequel to t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_Kai

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Glenn Allen Youngkin (born December 9, 1966) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 74th governor of Virginia from 2022 to 2026. A member of the Republican Party, he spent 25 year…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Youngkin

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web search NEUTRAL — May 12, 2026 · So, who is the winner of American Idol season 24? Here's everything to know about Hannah Harper.
https://people.com/all-about-american-idol-season-24-winner-…

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“Montgomery County officials said Thursday Upp had found herself in the Wheaton-Glenmont, Md. area and had borrowed a stranger's phone to call her mother to pick her up.”

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The claim is confirmed by NBC4 Washington and the Thar Tribune, both stating that Montgomery County officials reported Upp was found in the Wheaton-Glenmont area and used a stranger's phone to call her mother.

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web search NEUTRAL — The disappearance of Hannah Upp is an unsolved missing person case. Upp is commonly referred to as "the woman who went missing three times" by the media.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Hannah_Upp

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web search NEUTRAL — Montgomery County officials said Thursday Upp had found herself in the Wheaton-Glenmont, Md. area and had borrowed a stranger's phone to call her mother to pick her up. She told police she did not rem…
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/montgomery-co-woman…

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web search NEUTRAL — Hastily borrowing a stranger’s phone, she called her mother, Barbara, who then came to retrieve her. Hannah Upp’s mother’s perspective.
https://thartribune.com/the-3-astonishing-disappearances-of-…

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“She told police she did not remember where she had been as of Monday afternoon.”

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NBC4 Washington explicitly reports that she told police she did not remember where she had been as of Monday afternoon.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hunter Haley King (born Haley Ashley King; (1993-10-19)October 19, 1993) is an American actress. She is known for portraying Adriana Masters on Hollywood Heights (2012), Summer Newman on The Young and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_King

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Good Doctor is an American medical drama television series developed for ABC by David Shore, based on the South Korean series of the same name. The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gilded Age is an American historical drama television series created and written by Julian Fellowes for HBO that is set in the United States during the Gilded Age, the boom years of the 1880s, in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gilded_Age_(TV_series)

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“Hannah Upp was last seen Tuesday morning around the time she should have been reporting to work, when a coworker saw her walking several miles from the Montessori school where she began a job as a teacher's assistant last week.”

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The provided evidence for this claim contains general definitions of 'coworker' and a general Wikipedia summary of Hannah Upp's case, but does not contain the specific details regarding the coworker seeing her walking several miles from a Montessori school.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The disappearance of Hannah Upp is an unsolved missing person case. Upp is commonly referred to as "the woman who went missing three times" by the media. Upp first disappeared in August 2008 in New Yo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Hannah_Upp

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dissociative fugue ( FYOOG), previously referred to as a fugue state or psychogenic fugue, is a rare psychiatric condition characterized by reversible amnesia regarding one's identity, often accompani…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_fugue

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web search NEUTRAL — Find the perfect coworking space anywhere in the world. Read reviews, get prices, see photos, and more. Book your coworking space today.
https://www.coworker.com/

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“She also lives on the grounds.”

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The provided evidence discusses her disappearances and her role as a teacher, but none of the sources explicitly state that she lived on the grounds of the Montessori school.

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“Upp's bag and personal belongings were later found on a footpath near Wheaton Plaza.”

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A specific web search result confirms that items belonging to Upp were found on a footpath near Wheaton Plaza, but no other independent source in the provided evidence corroborates this specific detail.

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web search NEUTRAL — Hannah Upp left her apartment on the east end of St Thomas on a Thursday morning in September 2017.Inside were her phone, wallet, passport and other personal items, arranged in an orderly way. Workers…
https://thartribune.com/hannah-upp-went-missing-three-times-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Items belonging to Upp were found on a footpath near Wheaton Plaza and police said it is likely that she does not have any identification with her.
https://wjla.com/news/local/hannah-upp-missing-in-montgomery…

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“She was also reported missing in 2008 in New York City.”

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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia, YouTube, and Daily Mail Online, confirm that Hannah Upp went missing in New York City in 2008.

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web search NEUTRAL — The disappearance of Hannah Upp is an unsolved missing person case. Upp is commonly referred to as "the woman who went missing three times" by the media. Upp first disappeared in August 2008 in New Yo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Hannah_Upp

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web search NEUTRAL — After the 32-year-old teacher survived a three week disappearance in New York that she had no memory of, she vanished again in the U.S. Virgin Islands 9 year...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjo2IQK6prs

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web search NEUTRAL — Upp first went missing in 2008 in New York City for 20 days, she was rescued by a Staten Island Ferryman that found her floating in the harbor. Upp experienced her second fugue in 2013, when she vanis…
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-7033919/Hannah-Upp-mi…

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“Then a 23-year-old Spanish teacher, Upp disappeared the day before school started while on a jog along Riverside Drive in late August”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions for the word 'late'. No factual evidence regarding the 2008 jog on Riverside Drive was provided in the evidence section for this specific claim.

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web search NEUTRAL — Late is both an adverb and an adjective; it means the opposite of early. Lately is also an adverb; it means ‘recently’. … Late as an adverb means ‘not on time’: … We use lately for states or for repea…
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/late

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web search NEUTRAL — 1. After the expected, usual, or proper time: a train that arrived late; woke late and had to skip breakfast. 2. a. At or until an advanced hour: talked late into the evening. b. At or into an advance…
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/late

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web search NEUTRAL — 6 days ago · The meaning of LATE is coming or remaining after the due, usual, or proper time. How to use late in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Late.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/late

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“Her keys, wallet and ATM card were left behind at her Harlem apartment.”

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“She was found nearly three weeks later, floating face down in the Hudson River by a Staten Island Ferry captain on Sept. 16.”

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Although the specific evidence block for claim 9 was empty, the evidence provided for claim 6 (Wikipedia, Daily Mail Online) explicitly confirms she was found in September 2008 by a Staten Island Ferryman/captain floating in the harbor/river.

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“Upp was hospitalized at the time with hypothermia and dehydration.”

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“police were able to piece together some of the places she visited, which included the thoroughfare she was last seen on and an Apple store.”

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“Upp, who was also a graduate student at Pace University in 2008, even had a conversation with a fellow student.”

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“Upp reportedly suffers from dissociative fugue, a rare form of amnesia which causes her to forget her identity.”

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“Jason Bourne, a character created by author Robert Ludlum who was portrayed by actor Matt Damon in the most recent on camera incarnations, is a CIA assassin who experiences extreme memory loss.”

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