Amnesiac at Toronto shelter ID'd as missing Delaware resident

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Newark (Del.) Police DepartmentLinda Hegg, 56, had been missing since September.By James Eng, NBC NewsA mystery woman who walked into a downtown Toronto shelter three months ago not knowing who she was has been identified as an American who disappeared from her apartment in Delaware, police said Tuesday.

Toronto police said DNA was used to positively identify the woman as Linda Hegg, 56, who was reported missing from Newark, Del.

She has been returned to Delaware and is resting comfortably at a hospital in Newark, with family at her side, Toronto police said.

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It's still not known exactly when Hegg left her residence in Newark or what she did before she arrived at the shelter, Canadian Press reported.

Hegg can’t answer those questions because she apparently has amnesia, said Toronto police Detective Roger Caracciolo, Canadian Press reported.

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