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Man who left Toronto psychiatric facility without permission found one day later

File photo of a Toronto police cruiser. Don Mitchell / AM640 / Global News Toronto

TORONTO – Police say a man who left a Toronto psychiatric facility without permission has been found.

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Investigators had been searching for Simon Shimout Napayok, 32, since Monday morning.

They say Napayok was found not criminally responsible for assault with a weapon in 2006.

He’s been ordered to remain in custody at a psychiatric hospital.

Police gave no details on his departure from the facility or where he was eventually found.

There have been several incidents in the last year where patients with a violent history have escaped from a Toronto psychiatric hospital.

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