Escapee, Former Guard Caught
A convicted murderer and the Missouri prison guard who allegedly helped him escape were awaiting extradition Saturday after a tip to the Fox TV program “America’s Most Wanted” led investigators to their trailer park hide-out.
Terry William Banks, 26, and Lynette J. Barnett, 27, had not been seen since Oct. 29, when Banks, who was serving a life sentence for a 1992 murder, walked out of the maximum-security Crossroads Correctional Center in Cameron, Mo., wearing a prison guard’s uniform.
Banks faces state and federal escape charges.
Barnett faces a Missouri charge of aiding in Banks’ escape and a federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. Those charges carry sentences of two to five years in prison.
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