Escaped prisoner caught in Memphis

KENNETT, Mo. -- An inmate who escaped Monday from the Southeast Correctional Center at Charleston, Mo., was apprehended Tuesday night in Memphis, Tenn.

David Hill, 45, was working on the road crew with the Missouri Department of Transportation when officials say he just walked away.

Jacqueline Lapine, public information officer for the Southeast Correctional Center, said Hill was incarcerated Aug. 5, 2005, and was serving six years for two counts of drug distribution and unlawful use of a weapon from Dunklin County.

Hill will be charged in Dunklin County with escape from confinement.

Pertinent addresses:

Kennett, Mo.

Charleston, Mo.

Memphis, Tenn.