Escaped Oregon State Hospital patient back in custody

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April 15, 2022

Media contact: Aria Seligmann, 503-910-9239, [email protected]

Oregon State Hospital psychiatric patient, Thaddeus Ziemlak, 39, is back in police custody today after absconding from an approved outing on Thursday, April 14 at 4:23 p.m. in Eugene.

The Oregon State Police (OSP) and Eugene Police Department (EPD) were notified and alerted all western states. A news release with Ziemlak’s photo was sent to all news outlets in Oregon.

On Friday, April 15, at approximately 9:44 a.m., a passerby noticed Ziemlak on Hwy 126 near Veneta, Oregon and notified OSP, who identified Ziemlak and had him in custody by 10:20 a.m. Ziemlak was brought to Lane County jail and is being transferred to Oregon State Hospital’s Salem campus.

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George Custer lives in Oakridge with his wife Sayre. George is a former smokejumper from his hometown of Cave Junction, a former captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. and ran a construction company in Southern California. George assumed the volunteer duties as the Editor of the Highway 58 Herald in 2022. He loves riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle, building all things wood, and playing drums on the weekends in his office.

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