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Grimes County inmate arrested in Houston after escaping from Austin hospital, sheriff's office says
GRIMES COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — The search for an escaped Grimes County inmate came to an end on Tuesday when he was arrested in north Houston.
According to the Grimes County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Marshal’s Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force captured McArthur Deashy Mathis at about 1:34 p.m. at a Petco near I-45 and West Road.
According to the US Marshal’s Gulf Coast Violent Offenders & Fugitive Task Force, someone recognized Mathis and called in the tip to Crime Stoppers.
Mathis, according to the marshal’s office, was found with a woman who had also been at the hospital in Austin.
That woman was not criminally charged after being captured.
Mathis escaped last week while he was undergoing treatment at the Cross Creek Psychiatric and Addiction Hospital in Austin.
ORIGINAL REPORT: Grimes County inmate escapes Austin-area hospital, sheriff says; 2nd incident in three months
The sheriff told ABC13 Mathis had been sent to that hospital in Austin because another inmate escaped from a behavioral hospital in north Harris County back in March.
Mathis was transported back to the Grimes County Jail.
“The cooperative and tireless efforts of the law enforcement at the Austin Police Dept. working in unison with the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force in Austin and the investigators of the GCSO helped coordinate this manhunt to a successful arrest,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
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WIMBERLY, Texas – The names of all five people killed in the Central Texas plane crash late Thursday night have been released.
Plane crash victim names
The latest:
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the names of the five victims in the Wimberly, Texas crash are as follows:
- Justin Appling (pilot)
- Hayden Dillard
- Seren Wilson
- Brooke Skypala
- Stacy Hedrick
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) investigators are on scene and serving as the lead investigative agencies, DPS said in their Saturday release.
What we don’t know:
The cause of the crash has yet to be determined.
Fatal Texas plane crash
The backstory:
Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra says first responders received the call just after 11 p.m. April 30 about an aircraft down in the Wimberley area.
The crash happened in a wooded area in the 200 block of Round Rock Road, near the area of Ledgerock Road and FM 2325, northwest of Wimberley. The NTSB says the crash happened at around 11:03 p.m.
A post-impact fire destroyed the plane, says the NTSB.
According to FlightAware, the plane was on its way to New Braunfels from Amarillo.
The aircraft has been identified as a Cessna 421C that had five people on board. All five are confirmed dead.
A preliminary investigation shows the plane was traveling at a high rate of speed at the time of the crash, but there is no indication of a mid-air crash. A second plane traveling in the same area landed safely in New Braunfels.
Flight tracking data shows the plane had a normal takeoff, climbing to 17,400 feet, but just before 11 p.m., something went wrong. The data showed the plane suddenly started dropped, plunging more than 5,000 feet per minute. Within minutes, radar contact was lost.
The Source: Information in this update comes from the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Five people were killed when a small private plane crashed and caught fire near Austin, Texas, according to state and local officials. A pickleball club identified the victims as members who were traveling to a tournament.
The crash happened at about 11:05 p.m. on Thursday in the Wimberley area, about 40 miles southwest of Austin, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety and Hays County officials. The FAA said the aircraft was a Cessna 421C.
Sgt. Billy Ray with the Texas Department of Public Safety said all five people on board were killed, including one pilot and four passengers. He also confirmed that the plane caught fire after the crash.
The Amarillo Pickleball Club identified the victims as Seren Wilson, Brooke Skypala, Stacy Hedrick, Glen Appling and Hayden Dillard. The club said they were members of its “Amarillo pickleball family” and were traveling to a pickleball tournament when the crash happened.
“Today, the Club has received terrible news that we all must mourn in the loss of five members of our Amarillo pickleball family,” the club said in a statement. “Please keep their precious families in your thoughts and prayers.”
Fire and EMS personnel remained at the crash site through the early morning hours, according to Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra. Preliminary information indicated the aircraft was traveling at a high rate of speed at the time of impact.
Becerra said there was no indication of a mid-air collision. A second aircraft that was flying nearby landed safely in New Braunfels, a city northeast of San Antonio.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.
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