It may be one of the most daring jailbreaks in recent memory.
Authorities in western Mississippi launched a massive search Wednesday for Rafael McCloud, 33, a capital murder suspect who escaped from a county jail.
Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace says McCloud broke out by taking a jail employee hostage and forcing the hostage to give McCloud his clothes. McCloud also took a radio and keys and escaped, Pace said, but both items were recovered later on the grounds of the jail.
Schools in the area were on lockdown after McCloud, escaped from the Warren County jail early Wednesday wearing a jail employee uniform, Vicksburg law enforcement authorities said.
McCloud is charged with capital murder, sexual battery, rape, arson, home invasion, being a felon in possession of a firearm and grand larceny auto theft, records show. He is considered armed and dangerous.
McCloud is accused in the kidnapping and death of Sharon Wilson, 69, whose body was found in July behind the abandoned Kuhn Memorial State Hospital in Vicksburg, authorities said. Wilson had been hit in the head and beaten, investigators said
Vicksburg Police Chief Walter Armstrong said between 25 and 30 officers are involved in the search, along with multiple units from the sheriff’s department. The search is centered about ½ mile northeast of the jail, which is in Vicksburg.
“The search is concentration along Martin Luther King Boulevard where he previously lived,” Armstrong said.
McCloud is described as 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighing 170 pounds. He was last seen wearing green pants and a black jacket.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
I PRAY THEY FIND HIM QUICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Look for him at the Black House!! Obama is probably giving him asylum because he is black.
Was he muslim, could e hiding in their mosques, that is where most headed for, they have secret rooms and tunnels in the mosques… Just another man to use the race card or pity me card or Islam freedom honor killing card..
Surely you are not suggesting special treatment. That would be Racist.
You are not using hyperbole and I am not either – SHOOT TO KILL the bastard!
Danny V.
Obama only cares about the rich and powerful. He is is not going to help any black ,white etc. unless the Financial Banksters ask him to.
Hopefully they will find him. This may be one of those times when the escapee isn’t captured alive. If it turns out that way, law enforcement will have saved taxpayers a lot of money.
If O’Bozo can use drones to kill US citizens to keep from populating Gitmo then it must be legal to just shoot the thug. Keep the prisons open for the real felons, you know who they are. They are holding office right now.
WAS IT OBUMBA,S SON?
He will be apprehended ????