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US inmate climbs prison roof and escapes
Pennsylvania state police are searching the woods and a creek in Pennsbury township for the escaped detainee. photo
© Steven M. Falk/The Philadelphia Inquirer/AP/dpa
A criminal who stabbed his ex-girlfriend has escaped from a US prison in the state of Pennsylvania. The police are looking for the man at full speed – and have been for days.
Accordingly, the 34-year-old climbed up a wall during a stay on an open-air area of the detention center. The convicted murderer used a narrow passage between two walls, supported himself with his hands on one side and his feet on the other – and ran up the wall, so to speak. Then he got over barbed wire and finally fled over the roof. An employee in a watchtower did not notice the escape.
A detention center official said an inmate escaped in a similar manner back in May. Since then, security has been tightened. However, this did not prevent them from fleeing again. The police have been looking for the man for days – so far without success. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in mid-August for stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death.