Patrick was last seen in the New York City borough of Brooklyn at approximately 9:00 p.m. on January 22, 2010. He had been placed in a foster home in the Spring Creek Development complex, also known as Starrett City, three weeks before. Patrick told his foster mother, Librada Moran, that he planned to run away to rejoin his biological mother, Jennifer Rodriguez. Patrick was last seen assisting Moran with household chores; he took out the trash and never came back. He has never been heard from again. A few days after Patrick's disappearance a judge ordered Rodriguez to present her son at a family court hearing. She didn't do so, stating she didn't have Patrick and didn't know his whereabouts. She was briefly jailed for contempt, then released after she passed a polygraph test. Patrick may still be in the Brooklyn area. His case remains unsolved.