Police say woman who escaped Hamilton psychiatry unit last seen in Kitchener

Hamilton police are looking for a woman who escaped from custody from the St. Joseph’s Forensic Psychiatry Unit.

Just before 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, police say they received a report of a woman who escaped St. Joe’s West 5th campus and was last seen in Hamilton at the intersection of West 5th Street and Fennell Avenue.

On Wednesday, police say Lavergne was spotted in the Kitchener area.

Police say 38-year-old Crystal Lavergne is five-feet-one-inch tall and 150 lbs., with a pale complexion.

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She has short blond hair, a star tattoo above the right side of her lip, as well as a piercing on her chin and nose.

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Lavergne was last seen wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt, maroon shirt, blue jeans, black shoes, a checker fanny pack, and glasses.

Police are asking any residents who see her to call 9-1-1 immediately, and not approach or try to communicate with her.

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