LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Nevada inmate escaped custody by jumping out a Las Vegas hospital window.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports (https://bit.ly/2oUGdqH ) 51-year-old Jay Cantrell was at Muri Stein Hospital before he escaped. Nevada Corrections Department spokesperson Brooke Keast says he had been in the hospital since March undergoing evaluations for an upcoming trial.
She says hospital security had been supervising Cantrell before he fled.
Cantrell was previously being held at High State Desert State Prison.
He is 6 feet tall, with brown hair and brown eyes. He weighs 185 pounds. Officials say he was last seen wearing a navy blue pants, a black and white Adidas shirt and black shoes. Cantrell has a tattoo of a clown on his left shoulder.
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Information from: Las Vegas Review-Journal, https://www.lvrj.com
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