In the Interest of W. W. v. State

COWART, Judge.

Appellant, a dependent child with a history of psychiatric treatment and hospitalization, ran away before his first adjudicatory hearing on delinquency charges relating to stealing $1.25 from a vending machine. He was apprehended and placed in a detention home. He wanted to return to a hospital. On the night before his second scheduled adjudicatory hearing, he pounded on the walls, threatened suicide and scratched his wrists and knuckles. He was taken to the hospital and examined and found “probably a manipulator” and returned to the detention home. Next day at the adjudicatory…