About two years ago, teachers and parents began noticing that he would suck on oranges throughout the day.

Polonich began noticing early on that he was not one of the big kids around the league.

It was a while before I began noticing that everybody he knew seemed to have an angle.

But in the next year he left his wife, and friends began noticing profound changes.

"That's when people began noticing and talking about Crossroads," he said.

Family members began noticing that he was rapidly losing weight.

Top officials for the Mets began noticing it weeks ago.

She also began noticing that her daughters, now 9, 11 and 13, were developing personal problems of their own.

That's when I began noticing things like your eyes and the quiet way that you move.

Two years ago, she said, she began noticing a change in young consumers.