Officials: Fugitive apparently had no escape plan

Associated Press

CINCINNATI

A convicted murderer captured about 24 hours after he was found missing from an Ohio prison apparently didn’t have an escape plan, authorities said Tuesday.

John Modie was captured Monday night at an abandoned Nelsonville gas station as he was trying to get into a fast-food restaurant to get water, patrol spokesman Sgt. Vincent Shirey said Tuesday.

“He just escaped and apparently didn’t know where he was going or what he was going to do,” Shirey said.

The 58-year-old inmate, who was serving time for the murder of a woman at his home in 2002, was found missing Sunday night from the Hocking Unit of the Southeastern Correctional Complex in Nelsonville.

Shirey said he didn’t know details of how Modie escaped, but said he apparently happened upon an opportunity and took it. Authorities said Modie was captured without incident.