A convicted killer who was a patient of the Colorado State Hospital when he walked away from a Pueblo home in February was arrested in Concord, N.C., authorities say.
Mark Hartman, 49, is being held in the Cabarras County Jail awaiting extradition to Colorado, authorities said today.
He was arrested on a fugitive warrant Monday, said Eunice Wohlther, spokeswoman for the Colorado Mental Health Institute of Pueblo.
Hartman was placed on escape status Feb. 17, when he failed to show up for a therapy session at the hospital.
The hospital, which has a history of inmate escapes, failed to tell its neighbors that Hartman is a killer, kidnapper and robber who had a penchant for attacking good Samaritans offering help.
The only reference on the notice about Hartman’s criminal background recounted his most recent offenses: escape, contraband possession in prison and an unspecified parole violation. Nothing was included about the time in 1983 when Hartman shot a man in the face and burned his corpse during a cross-country crime spree.
Kirk Mitchell: 303-954-1206 or kmitchell@denverpost.com
