Washington State Department of Health and Social Services

DSHS recently let an insane killer go on a field trip to the Spokane International County Fair. While on the trip Phillip A. Paul escaped from Eastern State Hospital earlier this month during a field trip to the Spokane County International Fair, but was taken back into custody Sept. 20. Diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, he was committed for the 1987 strangling and slashing of 78-​year-​old Ruth Mottley in Sunnyside.
Paul, 25 at the time of the killing, snapped Mottley’s neck and slashed her throat twice. He then doused her body with gasoline and buried her in her own flower garden. Paul told authorities that voices in his head told him Mottley was a witch who was casting spells on him.
Phillip A. Paul filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection in July. He owes more than $ 85,000 to various credit card companies. Paul previously had twice been granted conditional release from Eastern State to a residential facility in downtown Spokane, and that’s when he apparently ran up the credit card debt. He also fathered a child during one of the releases.
So in summary DSHS let an accused killer out to father a child, rack up huge credit card debt and then take him to a County Fair on Family day no less where he proceeded to escape but fortunately was captured. This sickens me to no end and this is a huge slap in the face to his victim and her family.
DSHS has had other serious problems which are too numerous to mention in this review. The leaders at DSHS need a tow truck to help pull their heads out of their rear.