Psych Hospital Resident Wanders Off From Facility, Search Launched In South Jersey

Police in Trenton were on the lookout for a man who walked away from a psychiatric facility Sunday night and has been missing ever since.

Brian Thorne
Photo Credit: *Ewing PD Facebook page*

Cecilia Levine

02/21/2022 9:01 a.m.

NJ Human Services were notified around 10:05 p.m. that Brian Thorne, 48, wandered off from Trenton Psychiatric Hospital around 8:30 p.m. He was at TPH on a non-criminal hold.

Thorne is a black male, partially bald, approximately 6’1” and 176 pounds.

On Saturday, a man who wandered off from a North Jersey nursing home was found dead.

Human Services Police have entered Thorne into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) as a missing person. Thorne has ties to Essex County. Anyone who sees him is asked to call 9-1-1.

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