Man, 36, missing from Toronto psychiatric facility

The CAMH patient also went missing from CAMH in 2020

Published Apr 26, 2024 • Last updated Apr 26, 2024 • 1 minute read

Missing CAMH patient Simon Shimout, aka Napayok, 36, was last seen on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Photo by Handout /Toronto Police

A 36-year-old man has gone missing from a downtown psychiatric facility for the second time in recent years.

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Toronto Police say Simon Shimout, aka Napayok, was last seen in the area of Queen St. W. and Ossington Ave. around 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.

He was found not criminally responsible for assault with a weapon in 2006 and is bound by a Form 49 Warrant of Committal whose Disposition of Detention commits the person to the custody of a provincial psychiatric hospital to abide by certain conditions.

He is currently a patient at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

Shimout also disappeared without permission from CAMH in June 2020 but was located a day later.

He’s described as 5-foot-10, 140 pounds, with a thin build and black hair. He wears reading glasses and was last seen wearing a black hat, black jacket, white and grey shirt, blue jeans and black shoes.

Anyone with information regarding Shimout’s whereabouts is urged to call police at 416-808-1400 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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