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| Mont. Prison Escapee Caught After Chase |
| By The Missoulian / Associated Press |
| Published: 05/02/2003 |
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A Montana State Prison inmate who walked away from his prison job early on the morning of April 21 was arrested near Clinton, after leading officers from three counties and the Highway Patrol on a high-speed chase down Interstate 90. Missoula County sheriff's deputies transported Douglas Ray Davis, 46, to the Missoula County jail, where he was booked. Davis was serving time for aggravated kidnapping and theft out of Flathead County. He was driving a stolen Ford Explorer at speeds in excess of 100 mph, said Patrol Sgt. Rob Taylor of the Missoula County Sheriff's Department. The chase began in Powell County, and that county's deputies were joined by the Granite and Missoula county sheriff's departments and the Montana Highway Patrol. There was at least one rifle in the Explorer at the time of Davis' arrest, Taylor said. The minimum-security prisoner showed up for his job at the prison's food preparation building, known as the 'Food Factory,' at about 4 a.m. April 21, said Linda Moodry, a prison spokeswoman. He was last seen about 15 minutes later by a supervisor and was reported missing about 1 1/2 hours later, Moodry said. The Food Factory is located just outside the prison's fenced perimeter. Davis was sentenced in 1996 to two consecutive 10-year prison terms without the possibility of parole from Flathead County for aggravated kidnapping and theft. He previously had served prison time for shooting a store clerk in a robbery attempt in Illinois. Davis, who had been well-behaved in prison, was the first inmate to escape since 2001, Moodry said. |
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