Coquitlam RCMP locate man missing from Colony Farm psychiatric hospital

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Posted January 8, 2021 7:20 pm.

Last Updated January 9, 2021 7:22 pm.

COQUITLAM (NEWS 1130) — Mounties in Coquitlam have located a man who was “unlawfully at large” from the Colony Farm Forensic Psychiatric Hospital.

Mounties alerted the public on Friday that John Berg failed to return to the facility Friday, and warrant was issued under the Mental Health Act.

According to a statement Saturday, the man has been found.

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