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Man Serving Life Sentence Escapes Northwest Correctional Complex In Tiptonville, Reward Money Reaches $15K
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
2
First seen
Oct 26, 8:54 AM CDT
updated Oct 26, 11:05 AM CDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WBIR-TV and WZDX, not yet confirmed.
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
Man serving life sentence escapes Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville · WZDXOct 26, 11:05 AM CDT
Man serving life sentence escapes Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville, reward money reaches $15K · WBIR-TV · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 28, 4:13 PM CDT
How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
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How We Decided
Oct 26, 9:45 AM CDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 26, 11:52 AM CDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.