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Calif. inmate escapes, goes unnoticed for hours

Jail staff was unaware of the inmate’s escape until he was picked up hours later

By Sonseeahray Tonsall
FOX News

ELK GROVE — Did inmate David Dean Stevens just walk away from custody or did he have a getaway car waiting nearby?

That’s one of many questions Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies are trying to answer in the wake of his escape from their Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center.

After FOX40 learned of the jail break from a tipster and not the Sheriff, we wanted the answer to another question – when was jail staff aware that he had taken off?

Full story: Elk Grove Inmate Escapes, Goes Unnoticed for Hours