DES ARC, Ark. (AP) - An inmate who escaped late Thursday from an eastern Arkansas jail has been recaptured, authorities said.
Earl Eugene Parks escaped late Thursday from the Prairie County jail but was brought back into custody Friday morning. The Prairie County Sheriff’s Department said “two armed citizens” helped with his capture, but they did not elaborate how.
Parks was arrested in January on suspicion of capital murder, tampering with evidence, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was accused in the death of Christy Rooks of Wynne, Jonesboro TV station KAIT reported.
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