A despondent New York City cop who disappeared for two days after absconding with $40,000 fellow officers paid him for a road trip to see the Giants play the Seahawks in Seattle was finally found on Friday.
No one had seen or heard of NYPD officer Elisha Duncan and the cash since Wednesday, but cops patrolling his Bronx neighborhood found him in his car just before 8:30 p.m. Friday and apprehended the rogue cop, officials said.
The 14-year police veteran was originally spotted Wednesday at the Empire City Casino in nearby Yonkers — much to the dismay of his brother officers packing for the weekend trip.
Investigators turned up angry voicemails and threatening text messages from the officers duped into paying for a trip to Sunday’s road game between the Giants and the Super Bowl champions at CenturyLink Field after he had disappeared. The cost was $600 per cop, reported the N.Y. Daily News.
The 46-year-old Duncan was taken to a local hospital for observation, police said. It was not immediately clear where he had been — or if he still had the money his fellow officers had given him.
“We just found him. We haven’t interrogated him yet,” a police source said.
The Bronx cop wasn’t facing any criminal charges as of Friday night, cops said.
Cops theorized that the depressed Duncan, who reportedly has a checkered financial past, had gone on a gambling binge with the missing cash — or perhaps tried to hurt himself.
Two police sources said Duncan told relatives that he was depressed before he disappeared.
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