A man who escaped from the Oregon State Hospital in 2023 and was found days later in a muddy Portland pond was sentenced to 57 months in prison on May 22.
Christopher Lee Pray, 41, pleaded guilty to escape in the first degree and unauthorized use of a vehicle.
In August 2023, Pray stole a state vehicle after receiving medical treatment at Salem Health hospital. He had sustained a lip injury that required sutures after he got into a fight with another Oregon State Hospital patient…