Cabell County Commission calling for investigation after escapes from mental health facility

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Recent escapes from a mental health facility in Huntington are sparking the Cabell County Commission to call for an investigation.

Cabell County Commission calling for investigation after escapes from mental health facility. HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Recent escapes from a mental health facility in Huntington are sparking the Cabell County Commission to call for an investigation. “This has been a big problem,” Commissioner Kelli Sobonya said. The commission is sending a letter to West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey, highlighting three examples of escapes since last month from River Park Hospital, including a convicted sex offender who’d been committed to the custody of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources by reason of insanity, and was considered extremely dangerous and had a history of violent behavior. Around noon on April 27, a hospital nurse called 911 to report the man had taken off, but the public wasn’t notified until nearly 10 hours afte...