Posted on 03/29/2006 7:47:13 AM PST by Ramius
Fugitive couple caught in Washington
06:59 PM PST on Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Associated Press
LONG BEACH, Wash. - First they were missing, then they were found, then they fled and now - finally - an end is in sight in the saga of Elbert and Becky Higginbotham.
AP file photo
Elbert Higginbotham talks to reporters after the family is rescued.
The Arizona couple was arrested Tuesday in Pacific County, Washington, according to police there.
The two are wanted in Arizona after allegedly being caught with a small amount of methamphetamine and a shotgun 11 months ago.
They received national media attention last week after spending more than two weeks snowbound in Oregon's Coast range, in a motor-home with four other family members.
All six family members eventually emerged, unharmed.
With warrants out for their arrest, the Higginbothams had told relatives they would return to Arizona on their own, but they again disappeared, and headed north.
They were arrested in their motor home on US 101 Tuesday, after a citizen's report.
The couple may face jail time on felony flight charges.
Previous threads of the rescue:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1600682/posts?page=1
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1600493/posts?page=1
Ping for a strange twist to the rescue story of that family in the RV up in the woods in Oregon.
Turns out that some Arizona cops saw the coverage on TV...
Whoops.
You've ~got~ to be kidding...
*laughing*
I tell ya... sometimes ya just can't win fer losin'...
Well, the meth angle might explain what they were doin' up there in the woods :~\
I was wondering about that. There's no indication of meth lab equipment having been found in the RV, but that would fit the profile.
Lots of meth labs are traveling in RV's so they can get away from neighbors that will notice the odd smells.
They did have plenty of time to ditch the equipment and such while they were stranded up there waiting for rescue.
Chances are it's buried somewhere near where they were stuck.
It also might explain how they not only survived for two weeks in the motorhome without much food, but also why they took it apart and put it back together three times :~D
[snort] LOL
That would 'splain it.
You're probably right about the equipment being dumped up in the woods. They wouldn't even go back for it, as it's all pretty much disposable.
I saw the family on a news story and first thing that came to my mind was they had the looks of "meth" users then I thought oh don't be silly they are just probably more of the Eddie type of family from Nat. Lampoon Christmas Vacation and I shouldn't be so unkind in my thoughts.
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