SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — Spokane County deputies have located a civil commitment patient who escaped from Eastern State Hospital Tuesday evening.
The search began around 6:40 p.m. Tuesday after hospital staff reported a patient walked away from the facility. Deputies conducted a search, but were unable to locate him until Tuesday night.
According to a press release, the patient may have boarded an STA bus and was possibly dropped off near Cedar St. and 2nd Ave., but this information has not been confirmed.
The patient is now facing a third-degree escape charge for escaping the hospital.
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