Recovered/Located Tesfaye Asefa, 41, Toronto (Adelaide/Shaw) 27 Jan 2020,* Elopee, call 911 immediately*

[dotr]

Above: Missing man Tesfaye Asefa, 41
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Toronto Police Service :: News Release #46449
Case #: 2020-184360
The Toronto Police Service is requesting the public’s assistance locating an elopee.

Tesfaye Asefa, 41, was last seen on Monday, January 27, 2020, at approximately 10:09 a.m., in the Adelaide Street West and Shaw Street area.

He is described as 5'6", 175 lbs., with short black hair, brown eyes, and a black beard. He was last seen wearing a red, green and black knit hat, a bright yellow polo-style shirt, dark pants and dark shoes.

He is currently bound by a Form 49 "Warrant of Committal."

In April 2011, he was found not criminally responsible for two counts of Sexual Assault.

If located, do not approach. Call 9-1-1 immediately.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-1400, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, online on our Facebook Leave a Tip page, or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637). Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes or Google Play.

An elopee is a person who is subject to detention at a psychiatric facility and is absent without leave.

A Warrant of Committal is issued by the Ontario Review Board when a person is found Not Criminally Responsible in court. The Warrant of Committal "Disposition of Detention" commits the person to the custody of a provincial psychiatric hospital and subjects them to abide by certain conditions.

 

[LadyL]

so he has no coat? he'll have to go to a homeless shelter or freeze to death

 

[Darling136]

Toronto Police Service :: News Release #46546

Located

 

[YaYa_521]

Good news. Glad he's safe!

 

[LadyL]

Good news. Glad he's safe!

uh I'm guessing you didn't read the details
I'm glad the public is safe from him

 

[YaYa_521]

uh I'm guessing you didn't read the details
I'm glad the public is safe from him

You guessed wrong. I read the details. And again, I'm glad he's safe.

 

[dotr]

Man who escaped Toronto psychiatric hospital found, say police | The Star
''The force is thanking the public for helping in the search.

Police say Asefa has been held at the hospital since he was found not criminally responsible for two counts of sexual assault in 2011.

It’s not the first time he has vanished from the area: similar incidents were reported in August 2018 and May 2019.

A spate of incidents related to escaped patients sparked a review last year at a prominent Toronto psychiatric hospital.

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health said it would implement all the recommendations laid out in the review report.''

 

[dotr]

Missing again.
June 25 2020 rbbm.
AWOL AGAIN: Dangerous CAMH detainee disappears for fourth time in two years

CAMH patient Tesfaye Asefa was last seen on Thursday, June 25, 2020. It's the fourth time since 2018 that the 41-year-old, who was found not criminally responsible of two counts of sexual assault in 2011, has gone missing from the facility.Handout photo / Toronto Police
''For the fourth time in less than two years, a dangerous CAMH patient has gone AWOL.

Toronto Police say Tesfaye Asefa, 41, was last seen around 1:10 p.m. on Thursday near Queen St. W. and Ossington Ave. — where the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health is located''

“If located, do not approach,” he added, urging anyone who spots Asefa to call 911 immediately.''

''Now he’s vanished again.

Asefa is described as 5-foot-7, 194 pounds, with a medium build, short black hair and a short beard. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a red multi-coloured plaid short-sleeve shirt and burgundy shoes.

Anyone with information regarding the missing man’s whereabouts is urged to call police at 416-808-1400 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).''