An accused child murderer who escaped from Baltimore County custody Monday has been arrested.

Inmate Billy Martin, 25, of Conowingo, was arrested at 9:15 p.m. Tuesday in the 500 block of Kingston Road in the Essex area. Maryland State Police and Baltimore County police received information he could be in that area, said Cpl. Mike Hill, a county police spokesman. He was arrested without incident. Martin is charged with first-degree escapee and is being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center.