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Accused killer escapes from La. jail

Carlos Rodriguez was charged in connection with a murder-for-hire plot

Gabriel Falcon
AC360o, CNN.com

An inmate awaiting trial for murder escaped Saturday night from a Louisiana jail, authorities said.

The fugitive, Carlos Rodriguez, made his getaway from a secure location inside the St. Tammany Parish Jail just before 10 p.m., said Capt. George Bonnett, spokesman for the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office.

“He was housed in a dorm-style containment area,” Bonnett told CNN, “and he was in there when he escaped.” A massive search for Rodriguez, 39, is under way.

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