Essex Police are asking for the public’s help to find 21-year-old Taylor Martin, who is considered unlawfully at large after making off from around the Basildon Hospital area in Basildon, Essex.
Martin was last seen in the area of the hospital on Nethermayne shortly after 5.50pm on Friday, 3 April 2026. He is described as being 5ft 7ins tall with a slim build, and he was last seen wearing a grey tracksuit. According to the police, he has links to the local Basildon area.
Basildon Hospital is managed by the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. The facility is periodically reviewed by the Care Quality Commission, which last rated the hospital as good overall.
Officers are continuing their enquiries to locate him and are urging anyone who may have seen him or who knows where he might be to come forward. Members of the public with information are asked to contact Essex Police by calling 101 and quoting incident 999 of 3 April.
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