A Gift
Psychic Knew at Once

TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1986

By Michael Collins
Kentucky Post Staff Writer
Rev. Patricia Mischell knew Harold "Sandy" Cohen was dead the moment she touched his picture. She also knew he had been murdered by a young man, she says.
The psychic told friends and family members they could find the battered body of the former Covington city commissioner near water, gravel and railroad tracks.
"I told them it would probably be within one or two miles of where he lived,: Ms Mischell said. They found him two days later.
Friends and relatives discovered Cohen's badly beaten body Thursday night less than two miles from his Covington home, across the Ohio River. They found the body under an old couch near the gravel beds of the Amtrak railroad tracks, close to the river. Two 22-year-old men - Gregory A. Moore and James "J.D." Messmer - have been charged with aggravated murder in Cohen's death.
Cohen, 43 had been missing since the Fourth of July weekend. Friends contacted police after he missed a dinner appointment on Saturday, July 5, and didn't appear on Sunday.
They later called Ms. Mischell at her office in the Cincinnati community of Hartwell to ask if Cohen were still alive. She told them she didn't know but asked them to bring pictures of him to her office.
When she touched the pictures, she knew. "As I started to look at him, all of a sudden he moved out of the picture and over a wall," Ms. Mischell said. "To me, that was an indication. That is the wall between this life and another world.
"It's almost like those pictures started talking to me. It's like, "Pat, I've been murdered." Not just "I'm dead, "but I've been murdered.'"
"I was starting to feel how he always befriended people," she said. " "I felt that he took people in, that he was a person who was for the underdog. I felt (he was) an independent person, but probably one who would befriend people."
She also envisioned details of his personal life, which she discussed with the family.

Learning about one's life is never easy, she said. It once was difficult for her.
Patricia Mischell avoided crowds when she first discovered she could predict the future. She didn't want to know what would happen.
"I didn't like the idea that I was prying into other people's business. It took a long time to learn not to do that," she said.
"I had a lot of pain because people started to walk away from me. It was almost like they thought I was reading their minds. I can't do that. I won't tune into their private side unless they ask me."
She decided to use what she calls "a gift of God" to help others improve their lives. She founded the Hope Ministries, a non-denominational church. She began providing counseling service and established the Positive Learning Center, which offers courses in self-development, meditation and healing.
She said she spent two years making predictions about world events on the Bob Braun television show in Cincinnati. She also began to work with police on difficult crimes.
She said police seek her help on crimes including murders and kidnappings.
After the discovery of Cohen's body, Cincinnati police said they did not consult psychics in the case and do not have confidence in information they provide. Covington and Boone County police said they follow up tips from psychics.
Ms. Mischell said police usually turn to her as a last resort. Often, a victim's family comes to her first. "I guess I do wonder why the police don't come before the family comes," she said. "I think their idea is that they have a team of people that are professionals. And people in the area who pay their salaries would be upset that they use somebody like a psychic to help them out."
She usually finds out her predictions are accurate from news reports or family members. Police do not acknowledge when she's right, she said.
"Never, never have they done that," she said. But that's all right. I'm here to help." "At least their hearts and minds are at ease."

Psychic leads cops to dead man using ESP

When A prominent businessman disappeared, desperate friends of his turned to police and a psychic for help.
Guess who found him first.

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by JOHN SCOTT

Psychic Patricia Mischell had never seen Sandy Cohen before. But when concerned friends showed her photos of the Covington, OH, business man, and former city Commissioner, she immediately sensed foul play was behind his mysterious disappearance.
"Your friend is dead," she told the group that had approached her, and with uncanny accuracy, proceeded to direct them to the corpse.
Mischell said they'd find his body near water, gravel, railroad tracks, a small house and the number eight.

Two days later, searchers found Cohen's beaten and decomposed body near the Cincinnati Amtrak station, with its gravel parking lot along the Ohio River. A nearby highway sign bore the number eight. Not far away and only a few hours previously, police found the dead man's car.
Capt. Tom Henry of the Covington police department says they did not ask the advice of a psychic, although several
were involved at one point.
"I did not talk to any of them myself," he says, but adds he did take notes on the type of location described as told to him by the late man's friends.

"I definitely believe in psychic ability. Some people have it and decide to develop it, but some don't."
Mischell met with five of Cohen's friends one time to see the pictures of the missing man, and that's all it took for her strong extra- sensory perception (ESP) to pick up the fact that he'd been murdered.
The pretty psychic was consulted three days after Cohen disappeared, the same day he was officially declared a missing person.
Several other psychics consulted by the dead man's worried friends gave descriptions similar to Mischell's mentioning water and gravel.

Psychic aids search for Cohen
Photo was used to foresee fate By Michael Collins Kentucky Post staff reporter
The Rev. Patricia Mischell says she knew Harold "Sandy" Cohen was dead from the moment she touched his picture last week. The Hartwell psychic says she also knew the former Covington Commissioner had been murdered by a young man. She then told Cohen's friends and family members where they could find Cohen's battered body: near water, gravel and railroad tracks. "I told them it would probably be within one or two miles from where he lived," Ms. Mischell said. Cohen's body was found two days later - on Thursday - across the Ohio River and about a mile from his Covington home. The corpse was beneath an old couch near the graveled beds of the Amtrak railroad tracks. Cohen, 43, had been missing since the Fourth of July week-end. Friends contacted police after he missed a dinner appointment. Then they called Ms. Mischell at her office to ask whether Cohen was still alive. She said she didn't know but told them to bring some photos of Cohen to her office later that day. "As I started to look at him, all of the sudden he moved out of the picture and over a wall," said Ms. Mischell. "To me, that was an indication.	That is the wall between this life and another world." Cincinnati police arrested Gregory A. Moore, 22, of Price Hill last Friday and charged him with aggravated murder and arson after he was seen trying to destroy Cohen's car. Detectives later arrested 22- year-old James "J.D." Messmer, no address listed, near Fountain Square. He was charged with aggravated murder. Messmer pleaded innocent in Hamilton County Municipal Court and Moore was granted a continuance while he recovers from second - and third-degree burns at University Hospital. Ms. Mischell, founder of non denominational Hope Ministries church, said police seek her help on crimes but usually only as a last resort. Often, a victim's family comes to her first. "I guess I do wonder why the police don't come before the family comes," she said. "I think their idea is that they have a team of people that are professionals." She usually learns her predictions are accurate from news reports or family members. police never acknowledge when she's right, she said.

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