Escaped Iowa convict takes nap near Illinois prison, is captured
Friday, November 18, 2005
FORT MADISON, Iowa -- A convicted murderer who escaped from an Iowa prison this week by using a homemade grappling hook to scale a 30-foot limestone wall was captured Thursday in Southern Illinois. A second inmate remained at large.
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