Update: Escaped inmate from McDowell captured in Buncombe
An inmate with the N.C. Department of Corrections who escaped from the Marion Correctional Institution in McDowell County has been caught in Buncombe County.
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An inmate with the N.C. Department of Corrections who escaped from the Marion Correctional Institution in McDowell County has been caught in Buncombe County.
Law enforcement officers are searching in Asheville for a N.C. Department of Corrections inmate who walked away from a worksite off Old Glenwood Road near Marion.
Wanted inmate forced his way into a woman's home, abducted her and forced her to drive him to Asheville, according to the McDowell County Sheriff's Office.
An inmate escaped from prison and kidnapped a woman, forcing her to take him to Asheville before he was arrested, McDowell County Sheriff’s Office announced.
The man was working by a maintenance shed when he disappeared, officials said.