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Potentially dangerous CAMH patient Tesfaye Asefa, 46, has gone AWOL from the mental health facility again and was last seen near Danforth and Jones Aves. on Monday, July 21, 2025.Photo by Handout /Toronto Police
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A potentially dangerous CAMH patient who was found not criminally responsible for two sex assaults has taken off once again.
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Toronto Police say the “elopee” hasn’t been seen since Monday at around 6:30 p.m. and they are appealing to the public for help locating the 46-year-old man.
Asefa was last seen in the area of Danforth and Jones Aves, Const. Viktor Sarudi said in a statement Wednesday.
Asefa has been bound by a Form 49 warrant of committal since he was deemed NCR for two counts sexual assault in 2011.
According to previous news reports, Asefa first disappeared from the area of Queen St. W. and Ossington Ave. – where the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health is located – in August 2018.
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He vanished again in May 2019 and disappeared again in January 2020 for about two weeks before he was located.
The CAMH patient went AWOL again on June 24, 2020, for the fourth time in less than two years.
Asefa disappeared again on Jan. 18, 2023, and cops announced 12 days later that he had been located.
Police have released an updated photo of Asefa and are warning anyone who spots him to “call 911 immediately” and steer clear of him.
Asefa is described as 5-foot-7 with a heavy build and balding.
Anyone with information regarding the missing man’s whereabouts is asked to call police at 416-808-1400 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
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