Patient Walks Away from Warm Springs Hospital

Eric Jochim (11/25/2009)

The Montana State Hospital at Warm Springs is reporting that a patient is missing.

Administrator Ed Amberg says the 30-year-old man was last seen on Wednesday around 10:30 a.m. near Highway 48. Amberg says the man was under a civil commitment from Missoula at the state psychiatric hospital. He also says he is not likely dangerous to the public.

The patient is described as 5 feet 11 inches tall, 170 pounds with black hair and a moustache. He was last reported wearing a camoflauge coat and pants with a black hat.

If you see him you are urged to call Anaconda-Deer Lodge law
enforcement at 406-563-5241 or the state hospital at 406-693-7000.