Killer Laura Van Marle on the loose after fleeing hospital – with urgent warning not to approach her
A KILLER was on the loose after fleeing a secure hospital, with Brits warned not to approach her.
Laura Van Marle, 43, was being kept in a Somerset unit after admitting to manslaughter.
The 43-year-old killed her own mum.
Cops urged people not to approach her, and warned she is known to travel long distances on foot.
Avon and Somerset Police this morning said their search for Van Marle is a "fast-paced operation".
By the afternoon they revealed she had been found.
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The woman was described by police as white, about 5ft 7ins tall and slim with blonde hair.
Van Marle was last seen wearing a white vest top, grey denim shorts and black trainers.
She was being treated at a unit in Wellington before she fled.
In 2021, she was made the subject of an indefinite hospital order after she admitted stabbing her 69-year-old mother Susanna Van Marle.
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The mum had been found dead in the village of Cradley, Herefordshire, on 26 September 2020.