Overview

• On June 20, a 28-year-old convicted of theft, assault and drug offenses escaped from a maximum-security ward at the Rheinische Landeskliniken in Viersen.
• Police describe him as about 1.80 meters tall with short blonde hair, dressed in black jogging pants, a black T-shirt and black sneakers.
• This flight follows two other inmates who broke out from facilities in Bielefeld and Cologne on June 17.
• The Viersen clinic houses around 200 mentally ill and addicted offenders under court-ordered confinement for treatment.
• Local police have launched a search operation, calling for public tips to aid in locating the fugitive.