2 murder suspects escape from Arkansas jail

Source: CNN

Two suspects awaiting trial on murder charges used a hacksaw to escape from an Arkansas jail early Monday, authorities said.

Staff at the Miller County Jail in Texarkana, Arkansas, discovered the two detainees missing about 4 a.m. Monday, said county dispatcher Vanessa Schaeffer.

A search of the cell showed that Cortez Rashod Hooper, 23, and Quincy Vernard Stewart, 36, had apparently used the hacksaw to cut through metal bars covering a 1-foot-by-3.5-foot window, then broke the glass to gain access to an outside courtyard, she said. Two mattresses were pushed through the broken window in an effort to soften the detainees' landing, Schaeffer said.

Authorities are unable to determine, however, how the two managed to get outside a 10-foot fence topped with razor wire, she said. A police K-9 unit was brought in but failed to track the men.

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