PEMBROKE PINES, FLA. (WSVN) - A patient who escaped a mental health hospital facility in Pembroke Pines has been located by Georgia police, Wednesday, officials said.
Pembroke Pines Police said 47-year-old Genevieve Mittermaier has been located safely in Georgia after escaping the day before.
According to the Pembroke Pines Police, Mittermaier is a patient at the South Florida State Hospital facility, located at 800 East Cypress Drive in Pembroke Pines.
UPDATE: Missing endangered South Florida State Hospital escapee Genevieve Mittermaier has been safely located by Georgia police. pic.twitter.com/poXEIYfAjJ
— Pembroke Pines PD (@PPinesPD) March 15, 2017
Officials said she was court ordered and admitted involuntarily to the facility due to her mental health status, but around 4 p.m. Tuesday, Mittermaier allegedly escaped with the help of an accomplice who picked her up in a BMW.
Employees at the hospital told police that the patient was seen on a wireless phone before the vehicle arrived on scene. The driver, employees told police, exited the black vehicle, which had a California license plate, and threw a rope ladder over the fence so the patient could escape.
Investigators believe the driver is 55-year-old David Sankey.
She then got into the BMW, with the tag 4RQL732, and fled the scene.
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