By Associated Press - Monday, March 2, 2020

PENDER, Neb. (AP) - Authorities are trying to find an inmate who escaped from the Thurston County Jail in northeast Nebraska.

Cody Murphree, 26, fled the jail in Pender around 1 p.m. Sunday. Murphree, who is from Pilger, was in custody awaiting sentencing on robbery and weapons convictions.

Details about his escape haven’t been released.



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