A patient at Washington's largest psychiatric hospital was found dead on the campus Monday, after going missing the previous day.

Pavel Kolchick, who had spent 18 years in state-run psychiatric hospitals, was found dead Monday morning by construction workers on the hospital campus.

The crane is being used to build the state's new forensic psychiatric hospital.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Western State Hospital in Lakewood, Washington. A patient from the Western State Hospital in Lakewood was found dead early Monday ...

LAKEWOOD, Wash. — Court records show the state cut off 39-year-old Pavel Kolchick, who’d lived at Washington state-run psychiatric hospitals for 18 years, from recommended trauma therapy three months ...

The ongoing public safety and treatment troubles at Western State Hospital have tagged along with the new year. As recounted in grim detail by Tacoma News Tribune reporter Sean Robinson, authorities ...

During his campaign, Gov. Bob Ferguson promised to spend a week working at Western State Hospital to better understand the challenges facing the state’s largest psychiatric facility. Following a ...

The construction of the new $947 million Western State Hospital facility is charging ahead and on track for completion, officials announced on Nov. 6. Sean Murphy, deputy assistant secretary of the ...

Early Monday morning, Jan. 5, a person found dead at a construction site at Western State Hospital was identified by the Department of Social and Health Services as a patient who had been reported ...

A patient from the Western State Hospital in Lakewood was found dead early Monday morning. Construction crews who were working on the psychiatric hospital’s new forensic facility project found the ...