Escaped U.S. murderer captured after a three days on the run


  • World
  • Sunday, 08 Jul 2018

(Reuters) - An escaped convict, who climbed a Mississippi prison fence Thursday and went on a three-day run, was captured late Saturday near the Gulf Coast city, Biloxi, the Jackson County, MS, Sheriff said.

Michael Floyd "Pretty Boy Floyd" Wilson, 47, who was serving two life sentences for convictions of two separate homicides in 2014, is considered extremely dangerous, said Sheriff Mike Ezell.

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