The Hopkins County Sheriff's Office says Brian Allen Tucker of Sulphur Springs and John Marlin King of Cumby escaped from the Hopkins County Jail on Tuesday morning. The two men are believed to be wearing white T-shirts and boxer shorts, Deputy Alvin Jordan said. Their black-and-white jail uniforms were found on rail tracks a short distance east of the jail.
Sheriff's deputies are combing through the woods east of the jail and have set up a perimeter around the area, Jordan said. Authorities are using dogs and a helicopter in the manhunt.
Renfro says both apparently fled through a recreation yard used by female inmates at the jail in Sulphur Springs, about 75 miles northeast of Dallas. Sgt. Brad Cummings from the Hopkins County Sheriff's Office told Fox News that the men managed to “manipulate” the fencing surrounding the facility.
Cummings said at this point there appears to be no connection between this jail break and recent killings of prosecutors in Kaufman County, which is south of Hopkins.
Tucker was being held on $1 million bond in the 2011 death of Bobby Riley of Mahoney. Riley was strangled in his home and some music instruments and firearms had been stolen.
King was being held on an evading arrest charge. Further details weren't immediately available. Schools in Sulphur Springs have been locked down.
Tucker, 44, who has been in jail since 2011, is 5'7 and about 170 pounds. He has tattoos on his neck. King, 39, for his part, is 5'8 and 165 pounds.
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