Overview
- Law enforcement notified Perhacs’ team late Wednesday that the 82-year-old singer-songwriter has been located and is safe, and her manager said she is now in a new care facility.
- Friends say Perhacs was discharged from a Northridge memory-care residence roughly eight months earlier under the supervision of a legal guardian and then became unreachable to longtime collaborators.
- Perhacs’ former manager filed a missing-persons report with the LAPD on June 6, supporters reported the case to Adult Protective Services, retained a private investigator, and issued a public Instagram plea in late July.
- Confidentiality rules and guardianship limits prevented authorities and the care facility from sharing location or health details with friends who lack legal standing, and Perhacs’ acquaintances say repeated calls to her guardian went unanswered.
- Those close to Perhacs have asked for privacy while they decide next steps, and the case has drawn attention to gaps in elder-care transparency and how guardianship can curtail outside oversight.