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Cops are still searching for Raymond Morillo, 33, who escaped from the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center on Jan. 28. Local residents said they were not notified of the incident until reporters called them.
Nobody bothered to share the news that a convicted killer who escaped from Creedmoor Psychiatric Center on Tuesday remains at large, and Queens Village residents and civic leaders are livid.
“I mean, how can you put that person in a mental facility if he committed murder?” said Syed Wasi, 34, a security guard who lives just a few blocks from the towering facility.
The patient, 33-year-old Raymond Morillo, walked out of the center after swapping clothes with a friend who was there for a visit.
Cops nabbed the accomplice but Morillo remains at large, according to a police update emailed late Tuesday.
“We went out of our way to try and partner with Creedmoor,” said Frank Toner of the Rocky Hill Civic Association. “I go to quarterly meetings there, and then something like this happens.”
After he was told about the escape by The News, Toner sent a series of emails to neighbors.
“The community is going to be nervous about this,” he said.
City Councilman Mark Weprin, whose district includes Creedmoor, said he was especially worried about the schools that sit adjacent to the facility.
“I’m very concerned and disappointed none of the local schools were notified,” said Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens). “There should have been a warning and some procedure if this happens during school hours.”
Bloodhounds were taken to the scene on Tuesday but the dogs lost Morillo’s scent, police said.
Morillo, who served 14 years in prison for assault and manslaughter, was at the psychiatric center for evaluation.
He had completed his jail time and was admitted to Creedmor for evaluation purposes, and was not there by court order, police from the 105th Precinct told officials in an email obtained by The News. Police noted that Morillo was to be released in a matter of days.
Morillo’s mother lives near Creedmoor, but Morillo has been known to frequent Richmond Hill and Ozone Park, police said.
State Sen. Tony Avella fired off a letter to the New York state Office of Mental Health and demanded an in-person briefing of the incident.
“I’m so baffled that could happen, I can’t believe it,” said Salina Sattaur, who works at a medical clinic on Hillside Ave., blocks from the Creedmoor campus.
“Hopefully, they capture him and it’s the end of the story. We don’t want him showing up outside the door.”
With Thomas Tracy
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