Posted on 02/05/2014 10:36:19 AM PST by nickcarraway
Police say Judy Lynn Hayman escaped from a Michigan prison in 1977
After more than 36 years on the run, a woman who police say escaped from a Michigan prison has been arrested in San Diego.
Woman Arrested 36 Years After Prison Escape: PD Judy Lynn Hayman escaped from a Michigan prison in 1977, and this week, police say they've found her living a double life in San Diego. NBC 7's Lauren Lee reports. Woman Arrested 36 Years After Prison Escape: PD Woman Arrested 36 Years After Prison... More Photos and Videos On April 14, 1977, Judy Lynn Hayman escaped from the Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Washtenaw County, Mich., south of Ann Arbor.
Then 23 years old, Hayman had been serving a minimum sentence of 16 months for attempted larceny, according to the Michigan Department of Corrections website.
Since then, corrections officials had not given up their hunt for her, and this year, their search led them to San Diego.
San Diego Police officials said they got a call from Michigan corrections, telling them the address and description of a person they believed to be Hayman.
When police contacted her, officers said she identified herself as Jamie Lewis and had documents supporting her claim.
However, further investigation revealed that the woman was indeed Hayman, SDPD said.
The now 60-year-old fugitive was arrested Monday around 3:15 p.m. at 3501 1st Street and taken to the Las Colinas jail, where she faces extradition to Michigan.
An SDPD officer said she admitted to being Hayman.
The suspect's son, Aaron, told NBC 7 he is surprised and worried for his mom, though he did not confirm or deny if he knew that she was leading a double life. He is one of three sons.
Aaron said his mother lived a life outside her home in Hillcrest, going to PTA meeting and church.
A neighbor who lived next door to Hayman described her as a quiet person who seemed paranoid and kept to herself. They would talk about both being cancer survivors.
The corrections website shows that Hayman has gone by other aliases, including Brenda Bushmer, Judy Kayman and more.
Do you agree with that or not?
The definition of what harms another individual is famously very elusive.
Running a meth lab next door to my property may not deprive me of my use of my property directly, nor is it the same as directly assaulting my person physically.
But I think that for the good of myself and my neighbors your purported "right" to run a meth lab on your property should be restricted by law.
Which speaks to a larger principle: each person's actions do not have just one isolated consequence each time they act. They often have multiple consequences.
The historical reality is that the less internal self-control people have, the more external control the state will exert over them.
I prefer a system where the laws are few in number, limited in scope, and strictly enforced.
Of course, such a society only works when citizens behave like adults rather than overgrown children.
You got me man. What can I say.
Congratulations.
She had been convicted and incarcerated. There is no statute of limitation for escapees........
With that being said, let mom go home........we've got illegal aliens to worry about.
Does it really matter???? A 60 year old soccer grandmom who has never again had a run in with the law...?????
For cryin out loud, let her go and get on with her life.........sheesh!
At whose cost, my Michigan taxes?
As an above poster noted, incarceration is intended to rehabilitate the convicted and since she has never had a problem with the law again, I would say it worked.........at no cost to me!
If you want her thrown in jail, New Jersey's got plenty of bucks so you take her...........
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