CONROE, Texas — Authorities say surveillance video helped police locate an MMA fighter facing murder charges in Oklahoma after he escaped a prison transport van in Texas.
- MMA fighter facing murder charges
- Escaped a prison transport in Texas
- Found hiding inside a 55-gallon trash can
Conroe Police Chief Jeff Christy says Cedric Marks escaped while wearing leg, hand and belly restraints. He was found Sunday hiding inside a 55-gallon trash can in Conroe, about 40 miles north of Houston.
Marks had escaped earlier Sunday after the driver of the private transport van stopped at a McDonald's.
Christy says Marks was still wearing his orange prison jumpsuit when he was captured.
Murder warrants were issued Sunday for Marks in the killings last month of his ex-girlfriend, Jenna Scott, and Scott's friend, Michael Swearingin. Both disappeared on Jan. 4. Their bodies were found Jan. 15 buried in a shallow grave in Clearview, Oklahoma.
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