One escapee still missing; deputies talk about how he got away

HANCOCK COUNTY, MS (WLOX) -

Authorities from Harrison County to Slidell, Louisiana remain on the lookout for a man who escaped from the Hancock County Jail Sunday evening.

Sheriff Ricky Adam said the man on the run, 28-year-old Perry Thomas, is a known member of the Vice Lord Gang and is considered dangerous. Thomas was being held without bond for sexual battery of a child, theft and several other charges. He was arrested just one day before he escaped.

The question many people are asking is how were Thomas and another man able to escape?

Blood splatters, orange jump suits and sandals could be seen Monday hanging on and around the barbed wire fences where two inmates climbed out of the Hancock County jail courtyard.

Adam said the inmates were let outside at 5pm. Six minutes later camera show Montrell McPherson and Perry Thomas scaled three barbed wire fences and escaped.

"When they brought the inmates in, they noticed they were gone," Adam said. "They were two short, so they sent out a message to dispatch, dispatch notified everybody."

That notification went out just after 6pm. Then, 45 minutes later, Adam said McPherson was found in the woods across from the sheriff's department.

"He was caught because he missed his ride," Adam said. "The other inmate, as we have found out since, contacted a female to pick him up on the highway. Well, when he got in the car, he made her leave and left her behind."

Rhakee Lyons was the woman allegedly waiting for Thomas when he escaped. Lyons, along with Shondreka Lee, who authorities said drove Thomas to Slidell sometime after midnight, are in jail charged with aiding in the escape.

Continued here:
One escapee still missing; deputies talk about how he got away