Wesley Evans, 20, was found inside his girlfriend's apartment on Wednesday morning after deputies searched the Timbers Apartment complex in Jasper a second time.
'That's pretty hard for a man that size
to get in,' Timbers Apartment owner Terry Tootle told KTRE.
'He's about six feet tall and slender in
build. I imagine he must have taken the racks out to fit in there.'
The apartment where he was found
Authorities had been searching for the
Jasper County jail inmate after he allegedly broke out of Christus Jasper
Memorial Hospital on Tuesday morning while getting an X-ray, according to the
station.
Blank said Evans was at the hospital for
a hand evaluation when he escaped custody. It was not immediately clear why he
was getting an X-ray or how he escaped from the hospital.
A
short time after he escaped, deputies found his orange jail shoes on the ground
in front of the hospital, KJAS reported.
The hospital where he escaped from
Surveillance footage reportedly showed
him running through the woods behind the Walmart after he broke out of the
hospital.
A search involving several law
enforcement agencies ensued and all Jasper Independent School District schools
were put on lock down.
Eventually, one of two police dogs led
officers to the Timbers Apartment complex where Evans' girlfriend currently
lives. Deputies are determining whether she will face charges.
Jasper County Sheriff Mitchel Newman told
KJAS that Evans had been jailed since March 8 and was charged with arson,
aggravated robbery and auto theft.
He previously been taken into custody for
evading arrest, burglary and marijuana possession, according to his arrest
record.
Deputies said he will likely face new
charges.
Culled from Daily Mail
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