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Escaped Inmate in Marshall County Found

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By WEEK Producer

Story Published: May 17, 2009 at 4:16 PM CST

Story Updated: Jun 18, 2009 at 12:25 PM CST

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An inmate escapes from the Marshall County Jail Saturday night.
And, it took authorities nearly 20 hours to find him. An inmate escaped from the jail Saturday night but was found just before 5:30 Sunday evening after receiving a tip that he was hiding in a garage just north of he jail.
38-year-old Daniel Clift had been missing since 8-45 last night.
Police say Clift was out of his cell to use the phone when he ran through the booking room, down the hall and out the door. Marshall County Sheriff Rob Russell stated, " It's unknown. It's under investigation at this time. It's a fluke thing. We haven't had one of these here in recent memory."
Officers from Marshall County, Lacon, Henry, State Police and two K-9 Units have been combing the area since. Clift had been held at the jail since mid-March as he awaits trial. He was behind bars for allegedly violating of an order of protection. He will be in tormorrow on escaped charges.

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Tuesday, Jun 16 at 9:34 PM baby smurf wrote ...

danny is my step dad.marshall county does not know how to do there jobs! He is only in there for breaking an op witch he didnt evean brake i was there that day! nellie only moved into sparland to ruin his life and she told her sister that was theonly reason she moved there!they put an inocent man in jail she should be the one in jail she broke the op so many times! havin his family realay messages to danny

Monday, May 18 at 10:26 PM joe wrote ...

I feel the guards should not be at blame and this guy Daniel just had a lucky moment and used it to his advantage.

Monday, May 18 at 7:00 PM lacon wrote ...

I know the inmate that took off from the jail and the jailer that was on duty that night .. there was trust there and danny broke that it aint the jailers fault . you know even inmates can be treated like human beings and thats what the jailer was doing for danny so if you dont know what when on that night you shouldnt run your mouths on here or anywhere else for that matter

Monday, May 18 at 4:35 PM fred wrote ...

No wonder he escaped the door was left open.

Monday, May 18 at 9:41 AM Jon wrote ...

You should make the Jail more secure so nobody else will escape form there ever again.

Monday, May 18 at 9:39 AM Jon wrote ...

You should make the Jail secure so nobody else will escape form there.

Monday, May 18 at 6:14 AM I wrote ...

Otis must've distracted Barney!

Sunday, May 17 at 8:16 PM homer wrote ...

mmmm doughnuts

Sunday, May 17 at 6:25 PM Some Civilian wrote ...

Overworked, underpaid, yeah right. Someone was sleeping or griping about their pay.

Sunday, May 17 at 5:49 PM Nobody U. Woodnoe wrote ...

"he ran through the booking room, down the hall and out the door" I would not exactly call that escaping, I would call it negligence. I am sure Mr.Cliff saw it as opportunity.

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