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Monday, June 12, 2001
"TOY MAKER" ESCAPES
MENTAL INSTITUTION
Escape baffles authorities . |
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By KEVIN FALLSWELL JR.
and JUNE SPACKLEY
TIMES STAFF WRITER
Security was tight last week at
Preston Windsor Psychiatric hospital.
A patient, admitted there two years ago,
disappeared during the early morning
hours and still remains missing. |
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“We have never had a problem with security. Most patients are unable to leave
their rooms let alone get past the front door and through the main gates.”
Said Dr. Phrantze, head of the Preston Windsor facility.
The patient, a male in his mid twenties, was committed after setting setting fire
to his employer's toy company. “He had made great strides in his recovery.” Said
Dr. Dayton Hangford, psychiatrist at Preston Windsor. “He was actually very
helpful around the hospital and enjoyed performing puppet shows for the other
patients.”
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After the incident, a spokesman for
Preston Windsor Psychiatric Hospital
said that security will be enforced and
that there is no need to be concerned
about the escaped mental patient.“This particular individual is no longer
dangerous and should not be considered a threat to the community. A patient
leaving Preston Windsor unsupervised
was an isolated incident that will never be
repeated again.” |
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Still baffled as to how he was able to escape, the authorities are scouting the
area and informing local residents to be aware of the escaped mental patient.
If you have information regarding the whereabouts of this man, please notify
authorities immediately. |
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The patient upon his incarceration
in 1999.
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