Schizophrenic Man Who Stabbed Son-in-Law to Death Escapes From Mental Hospital

Schizophrenic Man Who Stabbed Son-in-Law to Death Escapes From Mental Hospital
Peter Atkins was reported missing by staff at Kneesworth House Hospital in Cambridgeshire, at about 4:15 p.m. on August 1, 2019. Cambridgeshire Constabulary
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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Police in the U.K. are searching for a convicted killer with severe mental health problems who escaped a psychiatric hospital last week.

Peter Atkins, 66, who has schizophrenia, was being held at the Kneesworth House Hospital in Cambridgeshire before escaping on Thursday, Aug. 1 when he was let out by hospital staff to go to Tesco, a grocery and general store, and never returned, according to a press release by Cambridgeshire Constabulary.

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