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Originally published October 17, 2007 at 12:00 AM | Page modified October 17, 2007 at 12:16 PM

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Convicted murderer who escaped in Arizona caught in Spokane

A convicted murderer who escaped from a privately run prison in Arizona has been captured in Spokane. Florence, Ariz., police Detective Walt Hunter...

FLORENCE, Ariz. — A convicted murderer who escaped from a privately run prison in Arizona has been captured in Spokane.

Florence, Ariz., police Detective Walt Hunter tells Phoenix radio station KTAR he doesn't have further details on the arrest of 37-year-old Roy Townsend.

Townsend and Kollin Folsom, 24, overpowered a guard on Sept. 17 after as they worked on an evening cleaning crew at the Florence Correctional Center. They then used ladders to scale razor wire-topped fencing and make their getaway.

Folsom, also a convicted murderer from Washington state, was caught several hours later.

Townsend has nearly 50 years to serve on convictions for arson, theft and murder in the shooting of Gerald Harkins in Mason County . There are more than 500 Washington inmates at Florence.

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