SAFETY HARBOR, Fla. — A patient who walked out of Mease-Countryside Hospital on Sept. 16 was found dead in the Lake Tarpon Outfall Canal five hours after leaving the hospital.
Terry Len Burch had left the hospital wearing a hospital gown and red socks, the Palm Harbor Patch reports. A hospital security officer followed Burch and saw him heading to the canal; hospital staff alerted the police.
Witnesses reported that Burch waded into the water and then disappeared from sight. Burch’s body was discovered by the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team.
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