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| Kentucky Escapees Linked to Crimes |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 11/20/2002 |
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Two inmates who escaped from a Kentucky jail earlier this month are on a cross-country crime spree and have been linked to two abductions, the latest a 44-year-old South Carolina woman, authorities say. The escaped inmates also are suspects in the abduction of a Kentucky man as well as a burglary here and numerous car thefts, police said. 'These guys have been hopscotching around the country in different stolen vehicles,' said Horry County police Detective Todd Cox. A videotape confirmed Alice Louise Donovan of Galivants Ferry was abducted Thursday from a Wal-Mart parking lot in Conway, authorities said Sunday. She remains missing. The inmates, Branden Basham and Chadrick Fulks, also are suspected of abducting James Hawkins, 42, of Hanson, Ky., taking him 40 miles north to Indiana and leaving him bound to a tree, authorities said. Hawkins struggled for hours before freeing himself and summoning help. Basham, 21, and Fulks, 25, escaped Nov. 4. Basham was serving a five-year sentence for writing a bad check and Fulks was awaiting trial on robbery charges, authorities said. As Donovan's family passed out fliers with her photo Sunday, police said her ATM card had been used in Little River and near Raleigh, N.C., late Thursday and Friday. Police don't know if she is being held captive. 'She could be tied to a tree, or she could be in the trunk of a car. We just don't know,' Horry County police Detective Tony Collins said. The abduction happened about 45 minutes after the inmates shot at a man who interrupted a burglary at his son's mobile home in rural Horry County, police said. Hawkins, the man abducted in Kentucky, had bruises and scrapes on his wrists and legs, but was otherwise unhurt. 'He literally wrestled with the cord and tape for 14 hours,' Vanderburgh County, Ind., sheriff's Maj. Tom Wallis said. 'He kept moving to keep warm.' His truck was found in northern Indiana. |
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