Chesterfield , Va. (Newsradiowrva.com) -
ORIGINAL: Chesterfield Police are looking for a man who walked away from a mental health facility in the county on July 6th. Dawit S. Seyoum is ordered to be at the facility, after having been found not guilty by reason of mental insanity for the killing of a D.C. Corrections Official in Alexandria in 2014. Carolyn Cross was hit with a wrench 15 times.
Staff at Gateway Homes, where Seyoum lives and is court-ordered to remain, realized he was missing at about 9:30 a.m. on July 6. Chesterfield Police were called shortly before 12 p.m. . Authorities in Alexandria, Va., have issued a warrant for Seyoum's arrest for violating a condition of his release.
Seyoum is described as a Black male, about 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighing about 160 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. He may have a three-wheeled scooter with him.