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| Miss. convict at large after escape |
| By The Clarion-Ledger |
| Published: 11/18/2003 |
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Officials are trying to figure out how a killer managed to escape from the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, but Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps has already determined, "it will be a case of staff not following policy and procedure." Parchman officials found Larry Hentz, 54, missing at 9:45 a.m. Monday, just before a head count in the medium security unit. He used something to cut two holes in a perimeter fence, Epps said. "We don't know what the device was or how he got it," Epps said. Hentz remains at large and is considered dangerous. Epps said officials did not know whether Hentz escaped Sunday night or Monday. He could be miles from Parchman, he said. He is the first inmate to escape since May 2000, when John Woolard and Roy Harper escaped from the prison's maximum security unit. Epps said he could not confirm whether Hentz was present at an earlier head count Monday morning. Epps said part of the investigation involves listening to recordings of phone calls made by Hentz and his brother. Roger Hentz is at Parchman on drug offenses with a release date of 2008. Sunflower County Sheriff Ned Holder said deputies "are stopping cars and patrolling the back roads. That is all we can do until we get some clues." Holder said anyone who sees Hentz should call the police. Hentz was convicted of the March 1982 shooting death of James Williamson of Oakland in Yalobusha County and had been at Parchman since 1983. He was sentenced in Tate County after a change of venue. He also was serving a three-year sentence for burglary in Tallahatchie County, a five-year sentence for receiving stolen property in Panola County, a five-year sentence for grand larceny in Lafayette County and a life sentence for property crime in Panola County, according to MDOC records. |
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