Two Inmates Escape From a Correction Center in Arkansas
By: Kate Inman
Updated: July 20, 2012
ARKANSAS--- Two men who escaped from an Arkansas prison may be headed to Lawrence County.
Prison officials say John Laxton, Jr. and Danny Rankins escaped on Wednesday from the Blytheville Correctional Center in northeast Arkansas.
The men were on two separate job sites through a work release program.
Both were serving 20-year sentences for theft and drug convictions.
The Missouri Highway Patrol says they may be traveling with a woman in a green 2001 Kia Rio with Arkansas plates 335 NBS.
They may have ties to Miller in Lawrence County.
