HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. – A person of interest in a homicide at an apartment building in Highland Park who escaped custody Tuesday night is back in police custody.
Joseph Ivan Gray, 37, escaped police custody at Henry Ford Hospital on Tuesday night and was considered on the run until he turned himself into Detroit police on Wednesday, Highland Park city officials said.
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Gray is considered a person of interest in a fatal stabbing in November. A maintenance worker found the body of a 62-year-old man in an apartment building on West McNichols on Nov. 3, 2017. The man was stabbed to death.
"Earlier today, Joseph Ivan Gray was conveyed to the hospital," Chief Chester Logan said Tuesday. "We don't know if his illness or injury is legitimate or not, and while he was at the hospital somehow he got away and escaped our custody."
Gray originally was taken into custody several days ag before he was taken for treatment at the hospital.
"Any time a subject is wanted or suspected of murder, it's a danger to the public," Logan said.
Gray was able to flee the hospital before seeing a doctor.
Here is a statement from Henry Ford Hospital:
"The patient was brought by ambulance with no communication from police and no police supervision. The patient left on his own within 30 minutes wearing street clothes."
Watch Shawn Ley's full story from November below:
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