Richard Lee McNair

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subject_name = Richard Lee McNair


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date_of_birth = Birth date and age|1958|12|09
place_of_birth = Duncan, Oklahoma
charge = Murder, attempted murder, burglary, escape
penalty = Life imprisonment
status = incarcerated in Colorado
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Richard Lee McNair (born on December 9 1958 in Duncan, Oklahoma) is a convicted criminal known for his ability to escape and elude capture.

Escapes

McNair was convicted and sentenced to three life sentences for murder, attempted murder, and burglary for crimes committed in North Dakota where he had been posted by the United States Air Force. He escaped custody in April 2006 from a federal maximum-security prison facility in Pollock, Louisiana. Federal officials said he escaped by burying himself under mail bags and escaping from a mail processing facility.

The escape from the prison was McNair's third escape from custody since he was convicted in 1987, the United States Marshals Service said when it added him to its 15 Most Wanted List later that month. His other escapes included one from a North Dakota county jail in 1988, and the second in 1992 from a penitentiary in that state.

Hours after his escape from Pollock, McNair was stopped on a railroad track in Ball, Louisiana by police officer Carl Bordelon. Despite having no identification on him, giving two different names and matching the escaped-prisoner profile that had been sent to Ball police, McNair successfully convinced Bordelon that he was jogging and in town to help on a roofing project. This incident was captured on a video camera mounted in Bordelon's patrol car. Cite web|url=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4046871495279316353&hl=en|title=Public Domain Video Ball, La. Police Officer Carl Bordelon Interview of Richard Lee McNair]

On April 5 2006, the television show "America's Most Wanted" highlighted [http://www.amw.com/Fugitives/brief.cfm?id=38335 McNair's case] , prompting approximately 50 reports, to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Western Canada, that the fugitive had been seen north of the border.

On April 28 2006, according to the RCMP, police confronted a man in a stolen car who matched McNair's description. He spoke to officers for a moment before running away and eluding capture. When authorities examined the car, they found McNair's fingerprints and a digital camera with photos he had taken -- including a few self-portraits.

Recapture

On October 25 2007, McNair was recaptured by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, on a rural road near Campbellton, New Brunswick after he was stopped while driving a stolen vehicle. McNair was transferred to the Atlantic Institution, a federal maximum security penitentiary and is currently being processed for extradition to the United States Cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2007/10/25/nb-mcnair-capture.html|title=Mounties capture 'Most Wanted' killer in N.B.|publisher=CBC News|date=2007-10-25|accessdate=2007-10-25] .

References

ee also

*Prison escape
*Fugitive from justice

Resources

* [http://www.usmarshals.gov/investigations/most_wanted/mcnair15.pdf McNair's U.S. Marshals Service wanted poster]
* [http://www.amw.com/fugitives/brief.cfm?id=38335 McNair's profile on "America's Most Wanted"]
*" [http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=b6cb8149-a6af-4426-939c-43a10c733e1c&k=7054 Calgary Herald] ", October 10 2007. "U.S. killer may be on loose in Calgary" by Sherri Zickefoose, Calgary Herald.
*" [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/10/09/061009fa_fact_singer The New Yorker] ", October 9 2006. "Escaped" (essay by Mark Singer).
*"The Calgary Herald" (Alberta) August 14 2006. "RCMP sift through fresh tips after TV show on escaped killer: No confirmed sightings reported since end of April".
*"The Vancouver Sun" (British Columbia), August 5 2006. "U.S. fugitive in Canada is focus of TV show".
*"Daily Town Talk" (Alexandria, Louisiana), July 11 2006. "On the lam: McNair's continental adventure".