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Family affair: Siblings help inmate escape from prison

Brother and sister of a man who was captured after escaping jail July 1 appeared in court on charges they assisted him

By Brian Mains
WCPO

CINCINNATI — A man’s escape from jail was a family affair, the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office said Wednesday.

On Wednesday, the brother and sister of a man who was captured after escaping jail July 1 appeared in court on charges they assisted him. The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office located inmate Christopher Bowden on Tuesday after he walked out of the Hamilton County Justice Center

Bowden, who was sentenced to 10 years for robbery, assumed the identity of another inmate to escape. Authorities say he made his way to his sister’s apartment in the 2600 block of Wendee Drive, where a multi-agency fugitive squad found him.

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