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Ailing fugitive headed back to Md. 43 years after escapePublished 05/17/08
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - An ailing 81-year-old North Carolina man who escaped from a Maryland prison 43 years ago was taken into custody yesterday to face extradition, a move his attorneys decried as a waste of time because he is ill and aging.
Willie Parker, who suffers from several health problems, only served about a quarter of his sentence for robbery with a deadly weapon before escaping in 1965. He was tracked...
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