my wtf du jour: Insane killer escapes on trip to county fair

[strollingbones]

SPOKANE, Wash. - Authorities have put out a statewide alert for a mentally ill killer who escaped during a hospital field trip to a county fair, leading to fears that he'll become more unstable and potentially dangerous the longer he is on the loose with no medication.

Sgt. Dave Reagan of the Spokane County sheriff's office says Phillip Arnold Paul remained at large Friday and officials believe he's headed to Sunnyside, the town where his parents live. Reagan said anyone spotting him should call 911 and not try to confront him.

Paul was committed after he was acquitted by reason of insanity in the 1987 slaying of an elderly woman in Sunnyside. He soaked the woman's body in gasoline to throw off search dogs and buried the remains in her flower garden. He reportedly said voices in his head told him she was a witch.

Insane killer escapes on trip to fair - Crime & courts- msnbc.com

 

[Ravi]

Wow, who knew the criminally insane got to go on field trips???

 

[strollingbones]

no shit....field trips....all i ever hear about is electro shock treatments....

 

[AllieBaba]

Shows what you know, Strolling, living in the PAST.

Hell, they live in group homes with VERY lax security in some cases.

 

[strollingbones]

lol@allie i got to go camping later

 

[AllieBaba]

Give the guy the benefit of the doubt. He has a HISTORY of assault and escape..killed the one lady, douched her with gasoline, torched her and buried her in her yard...
Man ruled insane in 1987 Sunnyside murder case escapes | Yakima Herald-Republic Online

But I'm sure he just wanted to leave the fair and go to...

The Pendleton R-Up.
Pendleton Round-Up

 

[manifold]

LMAO @ douched her with gasoline.

 

[manifold]

That's gotta hurt!

 

[bodecea]

I see another scary story to tell around the campfire...in the making.

 

[xotoxi]

SPOKANE, Wash. - Authorities have put out a statewide alert for a mentally ill killer who escaped during a hospital field trip to a county fair, leading to fears that he'll become more unstable and potentially dangerous the longer he is on the loose with no medication.

Sgt. Dave Reagan of the Spokane County sheriff's office says Phillip Arnold Paul remained at large Friday and officials believe he's headed to Sunnyside, the town where his parents live. Reagan said anyone spotting him should call 911 and not try to confront him.

Paul was committed after he was acquitted by reason of insanity in the 1987 slaying of an elderly woman in Sunnyside. He soaked the woman's body in gasoline to throw off search dogs and buried the remains in her flower garden. He reportedly said voices in his head told him she was a witch.

Insane killer escapes on trip to fair - Crime & courts- msnbc.com

OH SHIT!

County fair = Clowns

Clowns + Mentally Ill Killer = SNAP!

THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD!

 

[chanel]

Scary shit. I rmember a local news story a few years ago where they lost a sex offender on a field trip. They got him shortly thereafter but I also thought "WTF? Field trips?" Might as well take the pervs to a playground.

This country is whacked.