Manhattan, New York Mabel Pantaleon 31

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July 26, 2012

Missing Actress Mabel Pantaleon Has Manic Depression Disorder

A budding New York actress who has appeared on "Dexter" and is said to have a history of manic-depressive disorder has been missing for four days after accosting her family and accusing them of being terrorists.

Mabel Pantaleon, 31, vanished on Sunday after she was last seen at her Manhattan apartment on W. 157th Street. The woman's mother told ABC News that her daughter was on medication but she believes the young actress stopped taking it.

"She was staying with me. She saw something on the Internet and got very upset, and she started saying a lot of weird things," Sylvia Pantaleon told ABC News.

"She said, 'I'm leaving from here, all of you are terrorists, you're not my mother. I knew it wasn't her," Sylvia said.

Her mother said that Pantaleon, who was featured in a small role on the hit Showtime series "Dexter," was drawn to acting and had moved to California. She soon came back to stay in her apartment for a year before moving to an apartment on 45th Street, her mother said. But Pantaleon had lost her apartment and recently began staying with her mother again.

Pantaleon, who studied at the New York City College of Technology before pursuing acting, finished second runner-up at the Miss Latina New York USA Pageant in 2003, according to her IMDB profile.

Her mother told ABC News that she called the police as soon as her daughter vanished Sunday, but wasn't able to officially report her missing until the initial 24-hour period since her disappearance had passed.

She also said that her daughter did not have a boyfriend at the time she disappeared.

"That was one of her problems. She doesn't have friends, she doesn't have boyfriends," she said.

In addition to appearing as a server on "Dexter" in 2008, that same year she portrayed a nurse on the Discovery Health Channel reality series "Mystery ER." She launched her acting career on the same network's "Untold Stories of the ER" series in 2006, then went on to appear in feature films including "Choose Connor," "Double Down" and "The Gleam."

Police seeking assistance in finding Pantaleon say that she was wearing a shirt reading "Drake," and may be driving a 2004 Toyota Camry. According to her mother she was wearing black pants.

Pantaleon is 5-foot7, weighs 165 pounds, has brown eyes and black hair. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477).

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'Dexter' actress Mabel Pantaleon goes missing

Mabel Pantaleon, a 31-year-old actress who had a minor role as a server in a Season 3 episode of Showtime's "Dexter," has reportedly gone missing in New York City.

Pantaleon was last seen at her Harlem apartment on Sunday morning. News of her disappearance first appeared in the New York Post. According to the Post, Pantaleon suffers from manic depression. Foul play is not suspected at this time. ABC News reports that Pantaleon accused her family of "being terrorists" before going missing.

Sylvia Pantaleon said her daughter "saw something on the Internet and got very upset, and she started saying a lot of weird things. ...She said, 'I'm leaving from here, all of you are terrorists, you're not my mother.'"

Mabel Pantaleon had been in a nursing program at New York City College of Technology in Brooklyn. She recently left the program to focus on acting. According to IMDb, she also appeared in an episode of the now-canceled "Mystery ER."

Police have described Pantaleon as 5-foot-7 tall and approximately 165 pounds. She has black hair and brown eyes. She may be driving a 2004 Toyota Camry. Anyone with information about her whereabouts is encouraged to contact the New York Police Department.

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Mabel Pantaleon Missing: 'Dexter' Actress Accused Family Of Being Terrorists, Reportedly Has Mental Illness

A search is underway to find missing "Dexter" actress Mabel Pantaleon, who disappeared Sunday from her Harlem apartment in New York City after confronting her family and accusing them of being terrorists amid reports that the 31-year-old has a history of mental illness.

Pantaleon, 31, was last seen 9 a.m. Sunday on

West 157 th Street near Amsterdam Avenue, cops told the New York Post. The paper said Pantaleon may be driving a silver 2004 Toyota Camry.

Sylvia Pantheleon, the actress' mother, said Mabel Pantaleon is on medication and has a history of manic-depressive disorder, according to ABC News. Her mother said she may have stopped taking the medication.

"She was staying with me. She saw something on the Internet and got very upset, and she started saying a lot of weird things," Sylvia Pantaleon said. "She said, 'I'm leaving from here, all of you are terrorists, you're not my mother. I knew it wasn't her."

Pantaleon's family is growing increasingly concerned because she has no close friends or a boyfriend, her mother told ABC News.

"That was one of her problems. She doesn't have friends, she doesn't have boyfriends," her mother said.

No foul play is suspected in Mabel Pantaleon's disappearance, sources told the New York Post.

The budding actress was last seen wearing a red shirt with "Drake" on the front, the paper said. She is 5-foot-7, weighs about 165 pounds and has brown eyes and black hair.

According to Mabel Pantaleon's profile on IMDB.com, she attended the New York City College of Technology in Brooklyn and left the school's nursing program early to pursue an acting career.

That career has not taken off as Mabel Pantaleon only has seven acting credits to her name, the latest coming in a 2008 episode of the hit Showtime series "Dexter" titled "Our Father." She played a server in the episode.

Also in 2008, Mabel Pantaleon played a nurse on television series "Mystery ER."

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Mabel Pantaleon Found: Missing Actress With Manic Depression Disorder Found at Airport

Mabel Pantaleon, the New York actress who vanished from her home Sunday, was found at John F. Kennedy airport attempting to purchase a plane ticket.

Pantaleon, 31, who has manic-depressive disorder, has appeared on the "Dexter" and "Mystery ER." She was picked up by New York Port Authority police Thursday evening, Sgt. John Buthorn of the New York Police Department told ABC News.

"She was in [Port Authority's] custody on Thursday evening. She was in good condition, and there was nothing suspicious," Buthorn said.

The actress was reportedly trying to buy a ticket when her name popped up on a police database, at which point authorities were notified of her whereabouts. Pantaleon was taken by authorities to the psychiatric emergency room at Jamaica Hospital at 9:20 p.m. Thursday.

Pantaleon's mother, Sylvia Pantaleon, expressed relief that her daughter had been found.

"Everything is over, thank God. She's OK, and she is in the hospital," her mother told ABC News on Friday. "Thank god for everything .. that this is over now."

On Thursday Sylvia Pantaleon told ABC News that she believed her daughter had gone off her medication. Before her daughter disappeared, said her mother, she had accosted family members and accused them of being terrorists.

"She was staying with me. She saw something on the Internet and got very upset, and she started saying a lot of weird things," Sylvia Pantaleon told ABC News Thursday.

"She said, 'I'm leaving from here, all of you are terrorists, you're not my mother. I knew it wasn't her," her mother said.

Her mother told how Pantaleon had been drawn to acting and moved to California but soon returned to stay at her mother's apartment for a year before taking an apartment on Forty-Fifth Street in Manhattan. But Pantaleon lost that apartment, and was back staying with her mother.

Pantaleon, who studied at the New York City College of Technology before pursuing acting, finished second runner-up in the Miss Latina New York USA Pageant in 2003, according to her IMDB profile.

Her mother told ABC News that she'd called the police as soon as her daughter vanished Sunday but couldn't officially report her missing until 24 hours had passed.

She also said that her daughter did not have a boyfriend at the time she disappeared.

"That was one of her problems. She doesn't have friends, she doesn't have boyfriends," she said.

In addition to appearing as a server on "Dexter" in 2008, that same year Pantaleon portrayed a nurse on the Discovery Health Channel reality series "Mystery ER." She launched her acting career on the same network's "Untold Stories of the ER" series in 2006, then went on to appear in feature films, including "Choose Connor," "Double Down" and "The Gleam."

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