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Active search near Cape County Cowboy Church

Ben Matthews
Thursday, August 29, 2019

Emergency personnel search for the driver of a Ford F-150 pickup truck driven more than 20 miles north in the southbound lanes of Interstate 55 before crashing near the 111 mile marker and fleeing on foot into the woods near the Cape County Cowboy Church on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, east of Oak Ridge, Missouri. A body found near mile marker 88 was identified as Claude L. Nix, 42, of Jackson, Tennessee. Law enforcement deployed K-9 units and aerial search units, but the search was suspended in the late afternoon and the suspect was not apprehended.

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    Emergency personnel search for a person involved in at least one confirmed collision while being driven north on the southbound lanes of Interstate 55 as far as mile marker 111, where the driver abandoned the vehicle and fled from police on foot into the woods behind Cape County Cowboy Church on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, east of Oak Ridge, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Emergency personnel investigate a vehicle involved in at least one confirmed collision while being driven north on the southbound lanes of Interstate 55 as far as mile marker 111, where the driver abandoned the vehicle and fled from police on foot into the woods behind Cape County Cowboy Church on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, east of Oak Ridge, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Emergency personnel investigate a vehicle involved in at least one confirmed collision while being driven north on the southbound lanes of Interstate 55 as far as mile marker 111, where the driver abandoned the vehicle and fled from police on foot into the woods behind Cape County Cowboy Church on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, east of Oak Ridge, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Emergency personnel search for a person who reportedly caused several traffic accidents while driving the wrong way down southbound Interstate 55 and then fled on foot into the woods near the Cape County Cowboy Church on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, east of Oak Ridge, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Emergency personnel search for a person who reportedly caused several traffic accidents while driving the wrong way down southbound Interstate 55 and then fled on foot into the woods near the Cape County Cowboy Church on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, east of Oak Ridge, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)