Bruce Burns, violent sexual predator, escapes from Larned State Hospital (updated)

UPDATE: Burns was taken back into custody Saturday night, about 15 miles from point of escape, reported the Star.

A “dangerous sexually violent predator” has escaped from the sexual predator treatment program at Larned State Hospital.

Authorities are looking for 41-year-old Bruce Franklin Burns, who somehow escaped around 4:45 p.m. Wednesday.