Murderer who escaped Leavenworth military prison 37 years ago captured in Florida
By MATT CAMPBELL
The Kansas City Star
A murderer who escaped the military prison at Fort Leavenworth 37 years ago was captured Thursday while living a peaceful life in Deerfield Beach, Fla., an oceanside suburb north of Fort Lauderdale.
James Robert Jones, 69, was tracked by the U.S. Marshals Service using facial recognition and was arrested when he showed up for work at Pompano Beach. Jones had been using a fraudulent driver’s license since 1981, but after he was fingerprinted he admitted his true identity, the Marshals Service said.
Jones was a private serving a 23-year sentence for premeditated murder and aggravated assault when he escaped from the maximum-security Disciplinary Barracks in 1977.
Authorities say Jones used the name Bruce Walter Keith.
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Other coverage:
AP: After 37 years on lam, killer caught in Fla.; also picked up by UPI and Reuters
Times of Trenton: Man convicted in 1974 for Fort Dix murder is caught in Florida 37 years after Leavenworth prison escape
South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Military fugitive found, arrested in Pompano Beach