CAMH patient who went missing found in York Region: police

By News Staff

Police confirm another CAMH patient who went missing from the facility on Monday evening has been found.

Mikolaj Stremicki, 34, was found walking around York Region around 2 a.m. Tuesday.

CAMH has come under fire recently after a number of patients managed to slip away from the property.

The centre launched an external review after the first incident dating back to July where 47-year-old Zhebin Cong went missing and subsequently left the country while on a day pass.

Cong, who has a violent past, was found not criminally responsible for the gruesome death of his roommate in 2014 due to mental illness.

Thereafter Toronto police also launched two probes into the matter as well – an internal review of their processes as well as how Cong’s disappearance was handled by police.

Since then, there have been at least five more cases of missing patients from CAMH. Aside from Cong, they have all been found.

  • On July 17, police said 47-year-old Zhebin Cong, who had been missing since July 3, fled the country the same day he went missing.
  • On July 22, 27-year-old Ahmed Sualam was reported missing from the facility, but later found the same day.
  • On July 30, 45-year-old Anthony Murdock was out with an escort on an accompanied pass when he walked away. He was later found in Brampton and arrested on Aug. 2.
  • On July 31, 65-year-old Shawn O’Neil was reported missing from a CAMH halfway house near Dundas Street West and Crawford. However, this turned out to be a case of miscommunication and CAMH later said he was admitted into the facility, but the halfway house was not informed.
  • On Sept. 6, 59-year-old Gail Steele (Deano) went missing. She was located just before 9 p.m. the same day and police did not release any further details.

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