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One of many final two males to be unaccounted for after they and two others escaped from a Mississippi jail final month has been discovered lifeless in New Orleans, a sheriff stated Tuesday.
The physique of Casey Grayson, 34, was present in a automobile at a truck cease on Sunday, in response to a tweet from Tyree Jones, sheriff of Mississippi’s Hinds County. Grayson’s reason for loss of life has not but been decided, Jones added.
That leaves Corey Harrison, 22, because the final man authorities are looking for among the many 4 who authorities stated escaped Mississippi’s Raymond Detention Middle outdoors Jackson across the evening of April 22.
For the opposite two: Dylan Arrington – a 22-year-old accused of killing a Mississippi pastor whereas on the run April 24 – was discovered lifeless in a burned Mississippi dwelling April 26 after a standoff with legislation enforcement, authorities stated. And Jerry Raynes, 51, was arrested April 27 in Texas, authorities stated.
Arrington, Grayson, Harrison and Raynes had been reported lacking from the Raymond jail, positioned about 15 miles west of downtown Jackson, after a routine head depend round 12:30 a.m. on April 23, Jones has stated.
After the jail was positioned on lockdown, workers discovered two breaches inside the power – one in a cell and one other within the roof, Jones has stated. Authorities imagine the group climbed onto the roof round 8:30 p.m. April 22, camped there, and left the property at completely different occasions, he stated.
Previous to the escape, Raynes was being held on expenses of auto theft and enterprise housebreaking, the Hinds County Sheriff’s Workplace stated. Arrington had been charged with auto theft and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, whereas Grayson was being held on expenses of grand larceny and sale of a managed substance, in response to the workplace. Harrison was going through a cost of receiving stolen property earlier than the escape, officers stated.
Investigators imagine Arrington shot and killed the pastor in Jackson, Mississippi, on April 24, after which stole the pastor’s truck and drove away, Hinds County authorities stated. The sufferer was recognized by authorities and a church affiliate because the Rev. Anthony Watts of the St. Mary Missionary Baptist Church.
On April 25, authorities in Mississippi’s Leake County stated they’d obtained studies that one of many escapees, whom they later recognized as Arrington, had been noticed within the space.
The subsequent morning, Leake County Sheriff Randy Atkinson and an investigator responded to a Carthage dwelling the place the escapee was suspected to be hiding, however needed to take cowl because the suspect started to fireside at them from inside, Atkinson stated. The investigator was struck within the leg and transported to a hospital.
As different legislation enforcement officers responded to the scene, the suspect continued to shoot, Atkinson stated. Sooner or later in the course of the two-hour standoff, the house started to smoke. Arrington’s physique was later discovered within the burned dwelling, about 70 miles northeast of the detention middle, and his reason for loss of life is below investigation, Jones has stated.
Raynes was captured in Spring Valley, Texas, on April 27, Jones has stated. A truck investigators imagine was stolen by Raynes additionally was recovered in Texas, authorities stated.
“Raynes can be held going through extradition” again to Mississippi, Jones stated final week.
Raynes waived extradition on Friday, his lawyer John Duong informed CNN that day. Hinds County had 14 days to get Raynes, or the difficulty can be revisited in court docket, Duong stated Friday.