SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) — A kidnapping suspect who escaped from a Missouri jail and an Oklahoma patrol car was arrested Tuesday back in Missouri after being on the run for nine days.
Authorities said Travis Lee Davis, 30, was found in the early morning trying to hide in the attic space of a garage after a call from a citizen who believed Davis was in there.
Sedalia Police Chief Matt Wirt said that Davis tried to escape before he was arrested.
“He tried to get away from the officers through going over the rafters, but officers were able to grab him when he got over by a wall and quickly handcuff him,” Wirt said. “We didn’t give him the opportunity to run, to fight, and got him into custody quickly.”
Davis claimed he had a medical issue after being discovered and was transported by ambulance to the Bothwell Regional Health Center where he was found fit for confinement, according to a news release. Officers then took him to the Pettis County Jail, where Sedalia officers had brought him five weeks ago after a hostage situation in Buckner Court.
Davis had been the subject of a two-state manhunt since escaping from the Pettis County Jail in Sedalia on March 9.
He was recaptured four days later in Heavener, Oklahoma. But police said he was able to escape from a patrol car by crawling into the front seat while handcuffed. He drove the car about 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) before crashing.
Police suspect he later stole a pickup truck and drove back to Missouri.
Davis is now in isolation at the Pettis County Jail, Bond said
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SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a kidnapping suspect who escaped from a Missouri jail and an Oklahoma patrol car has been arrested after returning to Missouri.
Travis Lee Davis, 30, was found early Tuesday trying to hide in the attic space of a detached garage. Sedalia Police Chief Matt Wirt says he tried to escape before he was arrested.
Davis has been missing from Sedalia since escaping from the Pettis County Jail on March 9.
He was recaptured last Wednesday in Heavener, Oklahoma. But police say he was able to escape from a patrol car by crawling into the front seat while handcuffed. He drove the car about 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) before crashing.
Police suspect he later stole a pickup truck and drove back to Missouri.
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HEAVENER, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say a kidnapping suspect who escaped from a Missouri jail and then from an Oklahoma police car apparently stole a pickup truck and returned to Missouri.
The truck was found Sunday in Pettis County, Missouri. That’s where 30-year-old Travis Lee Davis broke out of jail just more than a week earlier. The sheriff’s office says the truck had been stolen Friday from a home near Heavener, Oklahoma, where Davis apparently stayed in a camper after his second escape.
Police say that escape happened Wednesday when he crawled from the back seat of a patrol car and into the front while handcuffed. Davis then drove the car about 1.5 miles before crashing into a tree.
A search is underway. Authorities say Davis should be considered armed and dangerous.