Friday, November 9, 2007

Long Arm of the Law - Fugitive Caught in Texas After Escaping Prison 33 Years Ago


Texas - A woman who escaped from a Georgia prison 33 years ago has been recaptured in east Texas. Federal marshals arrested Deborah Gavin, 53, at her home Wednesday in Frankston, Texas. Gavin, who was serving time on an armed robbery conviction out of Gwinnett County, escaped from the Georgia Women's Correctional Institution in Baldwin County in 1974. In the following years, Gavin moved from state to state, living in Tennessee, Florida and Texas. She met and married Richard Murphey, changed her last name and had two children, authorities said. She got a nurse's license and worked at a hospital. When her back and heart conditions worsened and she was too weak to work in a medical ward, Gavin started a quilting business from inside her two-story home. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Golfballs