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Elderly Prisoner Back In Custody After Walking Away From B.C. Prison

The Canadian Press, 26 Apr, 2018 11:04 AM
    MISSION, B.C. — An elderly convicted killer is back in custody after walking away from a minimum security prison in Mission, B.C.
     
     
    Correctional Service Canada says 83-year-old Ralph Morris was arrested late Wednesday afternoon.
     
     
    The arrest came about 12 hours after Morris was discovered missing during a head count at the Mission Institution.
     
     
    A news release from the correctional service says an investigation into the escape is underway.
     
     
    Morris has a long criminal record and is currently serving a life sentence for the second-degree murder of his wife in 1982.
     
     
    He escaped from a minimum security prison in the Fraser Valley in 2008 but surrendered to officials about two days later.

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