PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State Police have arrested a 21-year-old man who escaped from a psychiatric hospital on Sept. 3 while on a supervised walk. Matthew Ingle had been held at the Oregon State Hospital since he was convicted of two counts of second-degree manslaughter in a 2009 car crash. Court testimony indicated Ingle was suffering from schizophrenic delusions when he blew through a red light and slammed into another car, killing a woman and her young daughter.
Lt. Gregg Hastings says state police detectives arrested Ingle on Tuesday at a home in Sandy, southeast of Portland, after receiving a tip. They were taking him to the Marion County Jail.
The Oregonian reports (http://bit.ly/pJ3loa) that Ingle ran ahead of a group of patients and staff out for a walk on the hospital’s Salem campus and jumped into a waiting car. State police continue to investigate the escape.
Hospital spokeswoman Rebeka Gipson-King says Ingle’s program and treatment will be reassessed.
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Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com
