Esccaped Convict Still Free

By Debbie Williams Reporter

A violent inmate is still on the loose after escaping early Thursday morning in Florida. Esccaped Convict Still Free

Published: Thu, November 20, 2008 - 7:22 pm Last Updated: Thu, November 20, 2008 - 8:52 pm

Debbie Williams

"I was still asleep when I heard my Dad yell."
Troy Thompson was suppose to be in school but a manhunt for a convicted felon changed all that. "I looked up and I looked out here and saw somebody that looked like they were climbing over the fence wearing dark clothes."
It was the first good lead cops had in their search for James Sisoutham, convicted of aggravated assault and being transported from Jackson, Mississippi to California with stops in Tallahassee and Texas along the way.
"They stopped at the Welcome Center and most of the prisoners went inside to use the restroom," says Escambia County Sheriff's spokesman Glenn Austin. "He remained shackled around his feet and somehow got his feet out of the shackles and slipped out the back of the van and took off in the woods."
Thompson has been in those woods. "It's real thick. It's hard to just walk through. It would be hard to find somebody through there."
After almost 12 hours of searching crews pulled back with Sisoutham still on the loose. Troy Thompson saw it all and can't wait to go to school now, "I'm going to tell them everything. I got a story now."