Convicted MURDERER ESCAPES from Mental Hospital.

UPDATE 7/7/2025 4 PM EST Court Records show Glenn Large has picked up two new charges during his little weekend getaway, grand larceny and possession of stolen vehicle have been added to his extensive criminal history. Date the new crimes took place is listed as yesterday 7/6/2025. 

UPDATE 7/6/2025 3 PM EST  Glenn Large has been located by the James City County Police and booked into the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail Sunday afternoon on two new charges.

Who is Glenn Jefferson Large Jr? Glenn Large was a "patient" at Eastern State Hospital which is about 40 minutes south of Richmond Virginia. Large was convicted in 1989 on murder charges in the city of Virginia Beach. It's not clear how much time Large was sentenced to serve, however he was later charged with a probation violation in 1997 which would indicate he may have been released shortly before that incident. 

“This morning, one of the people named Glenn Large, he was a patient, climbed over the fence and went through one of the, the gateways and escaped,” said patient Brian Luckham.

Luckham mentioned to WAVY NEWS 10 that Large was able to escape due to the hospital being understaffed.

Above review was taken from the Eastern State Hospital Google listing

Large is scheduled for a NGIN Review (court hearing) on Tuesday (7/8/2025) in Virginia Beach.  An NGIN Review (Review of continuation of confinement hearing) is required by the state to be held twelve months after the date of commitment. In 2022, Glenn was charged with malicious wounding, found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to Eastern State. Court records fail to mention any type of sentencing details.

• DOB: Jun 07, 1967
• Height: 5' 9"
• Weight: 154 lbs

Established in 1773, Eastern State is a mental institution located in Williamsburg, Virginia and was the same hospital John Hinckley Jr was held. Hinckley attempted to assassinate President Reagan back in 1981 and was committed there immediately after the verdict.

Image below from Google Maps shows black fencing around the property.

Glenn was last seen hopping a fence that surrounds the hospital around 10:15 a.m Saturday morning. 

• DESTRUCTION PROPERTY (1987)
• MURDER (1989)
• VIOLATION PROBATION (1997)
• VIOLATION PROBATION (1998)
• VIOLATION OF PROBATION (2000)
• UNLAWFUL WOUNDING (2003)
• ASSAULT AND BATTERY (2003)
• TRESPASSING (2009)
• DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY (2010)
• VIOLATION OF PROBATION (2012)
• ASSAULT & BATTERY (2019)
• ASSLT: ON LAW ENF/DOC PERSON (2019)
• OPEN CONTAINER (2019)
• DWI, 1ST/WL (2019)
• CONTEMPT(DWI) (2019)
• TRESPASS (2019)
• DRIVE W/LIC REVOKED, 1 OFF (2019)
• DESTRUCT PROP W/INTENT >=$1000 (2020)
• FAIL STOP ACCIDENT > $1000 FEL (2020)
• DRIV UNDER REVO/SUSPENSION (2020)
• B&E DWELLING DAY INTNT A&B/ETC (2021)
• CONSP: SCH I/II SELL/GIVE/DIST (2021)
• VIOLATE CONDITION OF RELEASE (2021)
• DRIV SUSPENSION (2021)
• REC/BUY STOLEN GOODS <$200 (2021)
• ATT MALICIOUS WOUNDING (2022)
• DISORDERLY CONDUCT (2022)
• INDECENT EXPOSURE (2022)
• MALICIOUS WOUNDING (2022)

Information found on Virginia Court Records - search query "Glenn Jefferson Large Jr."

This is a developing story, check back for update.