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Inmate serving life sentence for murder shot, killed while trying to escape prison unit (Arkansas)
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| 07 APR 16
| Brandon C Riddle
Posted on 04/07/2016 12:40:05 PM PDT by DCBryan1
A 41-year-old inmate at the Varner Unit was shot and killed Thursday while attempting to escape, according to a spokesman with the Arkansas Department of Correction.
Spokesman Solomon Graves identified the inmate as Christopher Wilson of Saltillo. Wilson had been at the prison since 2003 after receiving a life sentence without parole for pleading guilty to two counts of capital murder, records show.
Wilson entered the plea to avoid the death penalty in the December 2002 beating deaths of a woman and her 8-month-old son, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported Sept. 3, 2003.
The husband of Pamela Kay Reed, 26, found his wife's body in the driveway of their Saltillo home on Arkansas 286, according to the newspaper. The son, Lucas Aaron Reed, was found bludgeoned to death inside the residence.
Correction department officials as well as Arkansas State Police are investigating. Graves said that details at this point in the investigation are limited.
Check back with ArkansasOnline for updates on this developing story and read Friday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: arkansas; banglist; coolhandluke; criminal; cw2; escape; escapee; failuretocommunicate; felon; prison; tucker; varner
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Good riddance. Killed his wife and 8 month old boy. I wish more prisoners would "attempt escape".
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posted on
04/07/2016 12:40:05 PM PDT
by
DCBryan1
To: DCBryan1
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posted on
04/07/2016 12:44:08 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
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To: DCBryan1
Read a little more carefully, it was someone else’s wife and son.
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posted on
04/07/2016 12:45:34 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
To: DCBryan1
#1 ~ I wish more prisoners would “attempt escape”.
He would have been better off in prison, now he is in Satan’s hottest dungeon...
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posted on
04/07/2016 12:46:40 PM PDT
by
heterosupremacist
("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." Thomas Jefferson)
To: DCBryan1
It was someone else’s wife and son, according to the article, but I agree with “Good riddance!”
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posted on
04/07/2016 12:47:03 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: DCBryan1
LOL. Standing ovation - tax payers won’t have to pay for this creep from hell anymore
To: DCBryan1
I guess the “This way to Egress —>” sign worked.
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posted on
04/07/2016 12:47:55 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: DCBryan1
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posted on
04/07/2016 12:48:28 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
To: DCBryan1
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posted on
04/07/2016 12:49:36 PM PDT
by
laweeks
To: DCBryan1
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posted on
04/07/2016 12:49:36 PM PDT
by
litehaus
(A memory toooo long)
To: litehaus
All of the invectives above are right on and apropos, but I'm thinking he didn't like the life sentence as much as he thought he would and committed suicide by escape
disclaimer; ... I haven't read the article and probably won't
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posted on
04/07/2016 12:52:50 PM PDT
by
knarf
To: DCBryan1
Ironically, if he had been given the death penalty, he’d probably be alive today.
To: DCBryan1
I’d like to thank this guy — for saving the taxpayers some money and heading off to Hell, where he belongs, early.
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posted on
04/07/2016 12:53:40 PM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: DCBryan1
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posted on
04/07/2016 12:53:42 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
( Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul...Matthew 10:28)
To: Repealthe17thAmendment
WHOA ! ... How cray cray is THAT ... and so TRUE ! !
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posted on
04/07/2016 12:55:48 PM PDT
by
knarf
To: DCBryan1
Load your rifles and open the gates.
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posted on
04/07/2016 12:55:49 PM PDT
by
IC Ken
To: DCBryan1
Shot while escaping, excellent !
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posted on
04/07/2016 12:59:39 PM PDT
by
csvset
( Illegitimi non carborundum)
To: DCBryan1
This kindof thing just baffles me.
Why in Hades name was he allowed to continue living and burden the rest of society?
What could the possible justification be for life w/o parole over killing the POS?
Damn this plea bargaining crap.
To: csvset; Bloody Sam Roberts
Mea culpa. Yep should have read the article first....what is sad is that we DO have a guy in prison for beating to death his wife and baby after he found out it wasn't his. Bastard. I hope he dies too.
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posted on
04/07/2016 1:04:50 PM PDT
by
DCBryan1
(No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!)
To: DCBryan1
Good riddance indeed!
Never cross the gun line boss!
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posted on
04/07/2016 1:08:19 PM PDT
by
rfreedom4u
(The root word of vigilante is vigilant!)
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