(CAPTURED)Missing Inmate + Correctional Officer from Alabama

My immediate thought when I first heard of this yesterday was that she was involved in it.  Now reading that she sold her house, yes, she is involved. Too bad.  I read she had worked at that job for 20 years with a terrific record.  Sigh.  What we women will do for love.

My thoughts is that he targeted and manipulated her to help him.

He has only been in her jail since February. She set up the medical appointment story and broke protocol by taking him alone.

She went willing and will only stay alive as long as she is useful to him. 

I do wonder how long she has been widowed and whether that was a factor in her state of mind.

I kind of don’t think if the genders were reversed that anyone would be reacting with such concern for the officer or provide possible empathetic reasons why she would make such a string of terrible decisions.

She seemed to have known what she said as doing
... Never take an inmate alone!!

I think she is involved.

I've always been intrigued by a similar story that happened in Oklahoma about thirty years' ago. A prison warden's wife went missing w/ an inmate who had been convicted of murder. He was a talented artist and had a big following in the international arts community. By all accounts, he was very charismatic and was a jail trustee, often doing odd jobs around the prison. He even did odd jobs around the warden's home.

One day the inmate and the warden's wife turned up missing. They lived together as husband and wife under false names for a long time before they were found by authorities. The wife never faced charges. She claimed the inmate held her against her will, even though neighbors said she came and went from her home with the inmate as often as she wished. She didn't tell anyone she was being held captive nor did she try and get in touch with her husband and three small children. The evidence against was pretty strong if I remember correctly, but charges were never filed against her and the prison warden stood behind his wife.

I always think these cases are fascinating. What makes someone fall in love with a murderer and why in the world would you trust a murderer with your life?

I think she is definitely involved, and I have no sympathy for her.

Involved & likely dead. He has already killed 2 women. She will be the 3rd.

She is a fool who thinks she is in love. He is too tall to hide.

IMO, they are headed to Mexico to live freely (they think) and "be in love." He will use her as long as necessary and then her body will be found.

Mexico will extradite murderers. If that is the plan, it won't work.

It is hard to live the rest of you life hiding from the law.

It was a small county jail vs a prison. IMHO, there is no doubt he saw the differences in security as his opportunity for freedom before heading back to prison for the rest of his life. If he could get someone to help him. Part of her job was to coordinate transfers and, as assistant director, no one questioned what she was doing. 

My guess is was groomed by a predator in the same way any predator grooms their target victim for whatever the reason may be.

I’m not that shocked this happened. There was a sheriff in a small town near where I live who allowed a volunteer retired law enforcement officer to transport prisoners in the county jail to medical appointments. The volunteer told the sheriff he would work for free, but only wanted to escort female prisoners. (Apparently the “female prisoners only” request didn’t raise any red flags in the sheriff’s mind).

Not surprisingly, the volunteer molested many of the female prisoners he escorted to medical appointments. He told the prisoners that if they told on him, he would make sure their time in prison was a living hell. Finally, a local attorney’s wife was thrown in jail for DUI. While she was sitting in jail, the other female prisoners told her what was going on. Her husband ended up representing the women in a lawsuit against the county wherein they were awarded a large judgment.

What a strange story.  How could she leave her children?  I can maybe understand leaving your husband for another man, even a murderer.  I imagine she felt he either didn't do it or if he did that it was accidental or something.  Not just a vengeful intentional murder.  Fine.  But leave your children?  Of course, I think I prefer leaving them to taking them to live with a murder.  I'm amazed that her husband stood behind her.  He does not sound like the kind of husband she would be desperate to get away from.