A man charged with murder in
the death of a sheriff escaped custody Tuesday morning while being transported
in double-locked handcuffs and ankle irons, according to a release from The
Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
Jim Edward Lowery, 35, got
the shackles off his legs, used them to break the widow of the patrol car and
fled outside the Laurens County Jail in central Georgia, the GBI said. Pursuing
deputies lost him in the woods. His handcuffs were later found in the roadway,
still intact.
GBI says over 100 law
enforcement officers from surrounding agencies are searching for Lowery, who
was clad in an orange jumpsuit. Laurens County is about 135 miles south of
Atlanta.
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