Authorities have located an escaped Oregon State Hospital patient in Corvallis and have returned him to custody.

Kelsy Evan Mankin, 32, fled from hospital staff Thursday in Salem. Oregon State Police and the Oregon Health Authority had asked for the public's help Friday in finding him.

Officials said Mankin was not considered "an imminent danger to himself or others," though they warned against approaching him.

Mankin had been admitted to Oregon State Hospital in October 2016, officials said. He had been found guilty except for insanity for supplying contraband and unlawful possession of a weapon by a prison inmate, OHA officials said.

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Mankin was last seen Thursday evening on the Oregon State Hospital grounds.

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