Convicted murderer escapes from Michigan prison
February 04, 2014 04:19
A national manhunt was underway for a convicted killer who peeled a hole in two fences with his hands to escape from a Michigan prison before abducting a woman and fleeing to Indiana, where the victim and her vehicle were safely recovered, authorities have said.
Officials were stunned by the brazen escape Sunday night of Michael David Elliot, who had a record of good behaviour during his 20 years in custody. He wore a white civilian kitchen uniform to evade security and blend in with the snow at the Ionia Correctional Facility, prisons spokesman Russ Marlan said.
Prison fences were equipped with motion sensors to alert guards. The fences also carry electric current to shock anyone that touches them.
"It appears that did not happen. ... He was not zapped with electricity, and he was not picked up by the motion sensors," Marlan said.
Elliot, 40, then abducted a woman and stole her Jeep outside the prison. She later escaped when he stopped for gas some 100 miles (160 kilometers) to the south. The woman's Jeep was found abandoned nearby later yesterday.
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