Police: Convicted killer who escaped from Michigan prison captured in Indiana

2/3/2014
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    Snow blankets the Ionia Correctional Facility in Michigan Monday Feb. 3, 2014. A national manhunt is underway for convicted murderer Michael Elliot who escaped Sunday from the prison. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Chris Clark) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT

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    • IONIA, Mich. — Police say a convicted killer who made a brazen escape from a Michigan prison has been captured in Indiana.

    Indiana State Police Sgt. Ron Galaviz says Michael David Elliot was captured Monday evening in LaPorte County, Indiana.

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    Galaviz says a sheriff’s deputy investigating a vehicle theft spotted the stolen automobile and tried to make a stop. The suspect ran, but authorities were able to capture him.

    Authorities say Elliott peeled a hole in two fences with his hands to escape from the Ionia Correctional Facility on Sunday night. They say he then abducted a woman and fled to Indiana, where the victim and her vehicle were safely recovered.