NELSONVILLE, Ohio – Authorities say a convicted murder captured about 24 hours after he was found missing from a southeast Ohio prison apparently didn't have an escape plan.
A State Highway Patrol spokesman said Tuesday that the patrol working with the state Department of Rehabilitation and Correction found John Modie on Monday night at an abandoned Nelsonville gas station as he was trying to reach a restaurant for water.
Patrol Sgt. Vincent Shirey says Modie apparently saw an opportunity to escape from the prison in Nelsonville but didn't know "where he was going or what he was going to do."
Authorities found Modie missing Sunday from the Hocking Unit of the Southeastern Correctional Complex.
He was serving 18 years to life for murder, robbery and escape convictions.
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