90-year-old woman who wandered outside during winter storm among 10 dead in New York City

A 90-year-old woman is among ten dead in New York City after she wandered outside in frigid temperatures during the winter storm over the weekend, according to a neighbor.

Doreen Ellis, who had dementia, left her apartment in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood overnight, walked halfway down the block and into the backyard of another building, where she was found dead Monday morning, her family and neighbors told Gothamist.

"She had done that [wandered out] before, but this was in the summertime.