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Texas murder suspect surrenders after escape

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Published December 5, 2012 6:02am ET
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Texas murder suspect surrenders after escape
FILE - This undated handout file photo provided by the Dallas Sheriff's Department, shows Franklin Davis. Davis, 30, of Carrollton, surrendered shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday Dec. 4, 2012 and was returned to Parkland Memorial Hospital, the same hospital from which he'd escaped about 8:30 p.m. while receiving treatment, Dallas County sheriff's spokeswoman Carmen Castro said. (AP Photo/Dallas Sheriff's Department, File) | Uncredited

DALLAS (AP) — A capital murder suspect stole a deputy’s gun, fled a Dallas hospital and held police at bay for nearly two hours Tuesday night before surrendering peacefully and returning to the hospital, officials said.

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