A 30-year-old convicted murderer escaped from custody while being transported to a North Carolina hospital, the sheriff's office announced.
A manhunt has been launched after a convicted murderer managed to escape law enforcement's grasp on the way to receive medical care at a nearby hospital. According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Ramone Jamarr Alston, 30, escaped from the custody of officers from the North Carolina Department of Corrections while being transported from Bertie Correctional Institution to UNC Gastroenterology in Hillsborough to receive care.
The 30-year-old convicted killer managed to escape by freeing himself of leg restraints on the way to the hospital at 7 a.m. Tuesday, police said. 'How he got them off, I don’t know,' Sheriff Charles Blackwood said. Once the vehicle door was opened, he jumped out and ran to a wooded area nearby. Police said two armed corrections officers were guarding him. 'If someone has an intent to go where you don't know, they're going to go, and they run,' Blackwood said. 'And it happens, bang, bang. The gentleman, as soon as he put his foot on the ground to get out of the vehicle, took off running.' The two officers chased Alston but were unable to catch up with him.
Alston, who had been serving a life sentence at Bertie Correctional Institution in Windsor, North Carolina, was responsible for the murder of 1-year-old Maleah Williams on Christmas Day 2015. Alston was found guilty of first-degree murder.
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