Manhunt: Louisiana inmates scale razor-wire fences to escape
Dangerous prisoners on the run include murderer
NATCHITOCHES, La. – Authorities in Natchitoches Parish continue to search for three inmates who escaped from the parish Detention Center.
The sheriff's office said in a news release that 34-year-old Willie E. Ethridge, 24-year-old Michael Elliot and 35-year-old Walshea Mitchell escaped Saturday night and then apparently jumped over two rolls of razor-wire fence.
On Monday, deputies said the men may be traveling in a stolen, white 2015 Ford truck with Louisiana license number 240146. They say the truck was stolen Sunday from a work site in Natchitoches.
Ethridge was serving time until 2037 for one count of attempted second-degree murder and two counts of armed robbery.
Elliot was sentenced on theft charges and Mitchell was serving time for armed robbery with a weapon and attempted armed robbery.
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