Crime

‘Dangerous’ Georgia murder suspect flees custody after ‘door malfunction’

By Christopher Hutton
Published January 6, 2022 1:15pm ET
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‘Dangerous’ Georgia murder suspect flees custody after ‘door malfunction’
A black man with hands outside the bars of a prison cell. | (oneword/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Authorities are searching for a “dangerous” detainee who escaped from police custody in Georgia.

Kevin David Lenix Wilson, 32, escaped Effingham County Jail on Monday after 8 p.m. Sheriff Jimmy McDuffie says that the escape happened because of a technical malfunction caused by recent storms and human error.

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