A Massachusetts man is still missing three weeks after escaping from a Gardner Hospital.

Leonard Mercury, who may also be going by Leonard Cummins or John Cummins, was last seen leaving Heywood Hospital around 2 a.m. on Oct. 31, according to Gardner Police.

He escaped by breaking a window and jumping from the second floor, and was in mental and medical distress, his wife, Nicole La Guerre, wrote in a statement.

He was headed in the direction of a nearby bike path wearing hospital clothing and no shoes, police say.

Since his disappearance, Mercury was declared missing and a K-9 unit tracked his scent to the edge of a lake, La Guerre said. Police, cadaver teams, and a private investigator have also searched for him, she said.

“Every night I go to sleep wondering if he is freezing somewh

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