The whereabouts and condition of a state senator from Washington state are unknown weeks after his location was last reported at a Florida hospital where he was being treated for COVID-19. ADVERTISEMENTHe arranged for a flight from El Salvador shortly thereafter, according to a former state lawmaker who talked to local Washington newspaper The Bellingham Herald, and was then taken to the Florida hospital. No one has since heard from the lawmaker, who has served Washington state for decades. Ericksen, 52, was born and raised in Whatcom County in Washington. He has been in state office since 1998, serving six terms in the state House of Representatives before he was first elected as a state senator in 2010.

Source: New York Times December 12, 2021 01:28 UTC