A day after a State Hospital staff member and a mentally ill patient inexplicably left the facility together, their whereabouts were unknown and both were fugitives from the law Wednesday evening.
Michelle Marie Messer, 41,* a psychological examiner at the mental institution, is wanted on a misdemeanor charge of aiding an unauthorized departure.
Messer has worked for the Department of Human Services, which operates the State Hospital, for more than nine years and earns $50,222, state records show.
Hospital Police Chief Perry Wyse swore out an arrest warrant for her Wednesday afternoon. Wyse did not return a phone message and an email requesting more information.
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chip Welch issued an order Tuesday afternoon for the arrest of patient Cory Kristopher Chapin in response to Department of Human Services officials' report of Chapin's escape.
