Global Courant 2023-05-03 18:16:32
One of four Mississippi inmates on the run after escaping prison more than a week ago has been found dead in Louisiana, police say.
Casey Grayson, 34, was found dead Sunday in a “vehicle at a truck stop” in New Orleans, Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones announced.
Jones told reporters Tuesday that police believe a family member gave the vehicle to Grayson after his escape.
“Drug paraphernalia and suspected narcotics were found near where he was discovered in the vehicle,” he added, according to ABC News.
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From left to right: Missouri escapees Jerry Raynes, Casey Grayson, Corey Harrison, and Dylan Arrington. (Hinds County Sheriff’s Office)
Jones said in a tweet that Grayson’s cause of death is pending autopsy.
With Grayson’s death, only one of four inmates who escaped from Raymond Detention Center on April 22, Corey Harrison, has escaped police.
The escape from prison happened through burglaries in a cell and roof.
“(They) may have been camping on the roof and taking off in different ways and at different times,” Jones said.
Jerry Raynes, 52, was arrested last Thursday in Spring Valley, Texas, about 10 miles west of Houston, after allegedly stealing a public works vehicle.
Jones said Raynes is being extradited to Mississippi and an investigation is still underway.
The U.S. Marshals Service, Harris County Sheriff’s Office, and Spring Valley Police Department assisted in Raynes’ arrest.
ESCAPES MISSISSIPPI PRISON SUSPECTED OF KILLING PASTOR SUPPOSED DEATH AFTER BARRICADE, HOUSE FIRE
On August 1, 2022, rolls of barbed wire are seen along the top of the security fence at the Raymond Detention Center in Raymond, Mississippi. (AP/Rogelio V. Solis)
Sheriff Jones confirmed Dylan Arrington, 22, died Wednesday after barricading himself in a home in central Mississippi and setting it on fire during an armed standoff with deputies.
Arrington shot a deputy sheriff in the lower right leg before the house caught fire in Leake, Leake County Sheriff Randy Atkinson said Wednesday.
That officer was taken to a local hospital and reportedly in stable condition.
Mississippi Police Department responds Wednesday, April 26, to the scene of a house fire that killed escaped inmate Dylan Arrington. (Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones)
Arrington is also suspected of killing Pastor Anthony Watts, 61, of Simpson County and stealing his red pickup. Watts was a pastor at a D’Lo church.
Police said Watts was shot and killed Monday night on Interstate 55 in Jackson after he stopped to help a man who had wrecked a motorcycle. Officials noted that the man shot Watts several times and then stole his Red Dodge Ram. Watts died on the spot.
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All four escapees were held on various felony charges, most of which related to robbery. According to WLBT-TV, Grayson was incarcerated for grand theft, possession and sale of a controlled substance, and illegal possession of a firearm.
Bradford Betz, Julia Musto and The Associated Press of Fox News contributed to this report.
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
