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Louisiana officials continue search for last of three escaped inmates

‘We would prefer that he surrender himself peaceably,’ St Landry parish sheriff Bobby J Guidroz said in a statement. onny Weeks/The Guardian‘We would prefer that he surrender himself peaceably,’ St Landry parish sheriff Bobby J Guidroz said in a statement. onny Weeks/The GuardianLouisiana officials continue search for last of three escaped inmatesThree men fled Opelousas jail after removing concrete blocks from wall in state’s second inmate escape of yearAuthorities on Sunday were hunting for the last of three inmates who escaped from a Louisiana jail after removing concrete blocks from a deteriorating wall.“We would prefer that he surrender himself peaceably,” St Landry parish sheriff Bobby J Guidroz said in a statement, “but we will not rest until he is captured.”Detectives and special tactical officers were following leads on Saturday in pursuit of 24-year-old Keith Eli, who remained at large three days after he and two other inmates escaped the St Landry jail in south-western Louisiana, said Maj Mark LeBlanc, a spokesperson for the sheriff.

Louisiana officials continue search for last of three escaped inmates

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Key Highlights

  • Eli had been jailed on a charge of second-degree murder. Louisiana inmates on the run after removing concrete and using sheets in jailbreakRead moreOne of the escapees, 24-year-old Johnathan Jevon Joseph, was captured on Friday after a brief chase.
  • LeBlanc said investigators following a tip found Joseph, who was jailed on charges of rape and other crimes, hiding out at a home.
  • Joseph ran to a nearby storage shed, where he surrendered after being cornered, LeBlanc said. The third escapee, 26-year-old Joseph Allen Harrington, died by suicide with a hunting rifle on Thursday after police found him at a home and used a loudspeaker to urge him to come out, said Deon Boudreaux, the Port Barre police chief.
  • Before his escape, Harrington had faced several felony charges, including home invasion. It wasn’t the first bold jail escape in Louisiana this year.
  • In May, 10 inmates broke out of a New Orleans jail after crawling through a hole behind a toilet and leaving a message that read “To Easy LoL”.
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