2 inmates captured after escaping Mississippi detention center
CLAIBORNE CO., Miss. (WLBT) - Two inmates charged with murder are back behind bars.
Sheriff Edward Good says deputies found 24-year-old Tyrekennel Collins and 18-year-old Dezarrious Johnson at an abandoned home on Bridwell Lane Saturday morning.
Collins and Johnson escaped the Claiborne County Detention Center around 2:20 a.m. Friday.
The sheriff says they will be transported to Jefferson County and Copiah County, where they were originally arrested for murder.
According to Sheriff Good, they now face an additional charge of escape which carries up to five years in prison.
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