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>> it turns out the passenger is sidney byrd, a career criminal who escaped prison while out on work release. >> had nothing to lose. he wasn't going back to alabama penitentiary. he wasn't going back to jail. >> backup is now on the scene, the manhunt for byrd is on. >> the county calls their horse team out there and their dog team, and pretty quick, within an hour, an hour 15 minutes, hour and a half tops, the smith county deputies have already caught him hidden underneath some leaves in a pasture less than a hundred yards away. >> years after the ordeal, troopers goins and andreesen recall ...

Work release. >> he was not going back to alabama penitentiary. he wasn't going back to jail. >> backup is on the scene and the manhunt for byrd is on. >> the county called the horse team and the dog team out. pretty quick, within an hour, hour and a half tops, the smith county deputies have already caught him hidden underneath leaves in a pasture less than a hundred yard away. years after the ordeal troopers goin and andresen recall the dramatic events of that fateful night. >> that one round right here -- >> we had 30 minutes left of the shift when all of this happened. >> i had gotten the...

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