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| Report Released Surrounding Killer's Escape |
| By thenewstribune.com |
| Published: 03/10/2011 |
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The state Department of Social and Health Services released a four-page report Wednesday acknowledging that “insufficient” protocols enabled a mentally ill patient who referred to himself as the “son of Satan” to escape from Western State Hospital last week. The report was prepared at the request of DSHS Secretary Susan Dreyfus after Jonathan Wilson, 26, walked away from the Lakewood facility Friday morning. He was found the following day at a Tacoma park and is being held at Washington Corrections Center in Shelton. Unclear policies and a faulty door lock contributed to the escape and to a lengthy delay in reporting Wilson’s disappearance to police, the report says. After Wilson’s escape, some were critical of DSHS for describing him as a low-risk patient to Lakewood police while the state Department of Corrections sent out an alert saying Wilson was paranoid, delusional and dangerous. Read More. |
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