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Toronto police find missing man with violent history

Thomas Brailsford, 62, pictured Saturday when he was last seen. Police are seeking help locating the man, who was found not criminally responsible for the violent death of his mother. (Toronto Police Service handout - image credit)
Thomas Brailsford, 62, pictured Saturday when he was last seen. Police are seeking help locating the man, who was found not criminally responsible for the violent death of his mother. (Toronto Police Service handout - image credit)
  • UPDATE | Toronto police said in a news release the man was located at around 10 a.m.

Toronto police have located a man who left the custody of a psychiatric facility without permission.

The incident marks the third time Thomas Brailsford, 62, has gone missing while in custody since being found not criminally responsible in the 2010 beheading death of his 78-year-old mother.

Brailsford last went missing in September 2015 while on a day pass from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. He first went missing a year prior, in September 2014, while en route to a medical appointment.

Police have not clarified the circumstances under which Brailsford went missing this week, although they say he was last seen shortly before 3 p.m. on Saturday in the Queen Street and Ossington Avenue area.

He was located around 10 a.m. on Sunday, police said in a news release.