Maine murder suspect seized after fleeing hospital
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A murder suspect who escaped from a psychiatric hospital by climbing over a fence apparently swam across a river before being arrested hours later in a neighboring city, police said Wednesday.
William Hall, 29, of Bangor, offered no resistance when officers found him walking down a street at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Brewer, Bangor Deputy Police Chief Peter Arno said.
Earlier, a witness reported seeing someone fitting Hall's description swim across the Penobscot River.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Hall had been in the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center in Bangor since his June 15 arrest. He is charged with strangling Melvin Abreu on June 9 and throwing his body out a window.
Hall was wearing no shoes when he escaped Tuesday night by jumping over a fence, then taking off on foot, authorities said. A state police K-9 unit tracked him to railroad tracks before losing his scent, Arno said.
He was roughly 2 miles from the hospital when he was arrested. Witnesses had called police about a suspicious man walking around Brewer without shoes.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Hall was questioned at the Bangor Police Department before being transferred to the Penobscot County Jail to face a charge of felony escape, police said.