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		</div><h6><span style="color: #3d3030;"><strong>Escaped Tennessee prison inmate accused of killing a 64-year-old corrections officer was captured dressed in camo following a four day manhunt </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3d3030;"><strong>Curtis Ray Watson, 44, was caught on Sunday after a confirmed sighting in Henning where is he </strong><strong>was spotted on a home security camera opening an outdoor refrigerator</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3d3030;"><strong>Watson allegedly </strong>&#8216;killed and sexually assaulted a corrections officer, Debra Johnson, 64, before escaping from <strong>the West Tennessee State Penitentiary </strong>on a tractor&#8217; on Sept 7 morning</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3d3030;"><strong>Authorities launched a manhunt after Debra was found strangled on Wednesday &#8211; </strong><strong>Watson was seen on a golf cart at victim&#8217;s home three hours before she was found</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3d3030;"><strong>He is serving the sixth of a 15-year prison sentence for the aggravated kidnapping of his wife</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3d3030;"><strong>Watson faces counts of first-degree murder, especially aggravated burglary, and aggravated sexual battery </strong></span></h6>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-325338" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Curtis-Ray-Watson-1.jpg" alt="Curtis Ray Watson 1" width="759" height="522" />Inmate Curtis Ray </span></strong><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Watson escaped from a Tennessee prison on a tractor on August 7. He was serving a 15 year prison sentence for aggravated kidnapping and has a previous child abuse conviction</span></strong></h6>
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<div>The Tennessee convict suspected of killing a corrections administrator before escaping prison on a tractor was captured Sunday wearing camouflage and carrying a camp backpack, authorities said.<br />
Curtis Ray Watson, 44, was caught on Sunday, hours after a confirmed sighting by a resident who saw him on his property in Henning.<br />
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Watson was pictured looking downbeat in the back of a police patrol car after he was caught on home security cameras opening an outdoor refrigerator at a home.<br />
The state police agency said Watson was on lawn mowing duty when he sexually assaulted and strangled Department of Corrections administrator employee Debra Johnson Wednesday at the West Tennessee State Penitentiary.<br />
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The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation [TBI] said a resident who saw Watson on his property had alerted authorities Sunday morning.<br />
Photos provided by the resident show Watson dressed in camouflage bib overalls and a hat and carrying a camp backpack.</div>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone wp-image-325343" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Debra-Johnson-1.jpg" alt="Debra Johnson 1" width="667" height="820" />Authorities launched an intense manhunt after the body of corrections administrator Debra Johnson&#8217;s was found with a cord wrapped around her neck Wednesday morning. She was found in her home which is located on the property of the Tennessee State Penitentiary at around 11:30 am on August 7</span></strong></h6>
<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-325335" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Curtis-Ray-Watson-6.jpg" alt="Curtis Ray Watson 6" width="656" height="863" /><strong>Alleged killer: Escaped jailhouse trustee and alleged killer, <span style="color: var(--color-text);">C</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">urtis Ray Watson was captured Sunday wearing camo and carrying a camp backpack [photo] on Sunday.</span></strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);"> Watson was serving a 15-year sentence for especially aggravated kidnapping at the West Tennessee State Penitentiary, when he broke out on Sept 7</span></h6>
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<div><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Dozens of officers had been seen mobilizing in the area after the sighting and footage shows officers apprehending Watson after his capture.</span></div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;Tremendous news that this fugitive is back in custody,&#8217; Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said on Twitter.<br />
Johnson, a 38-year veteran employee of Tennessee state, was found in her home on prison property was found with a cord wrapped around her neck Wednesday morning.<br />
Watson, who is serving a 15-year sentence for especially aggravated kidnapping, was discovered missing when officials issued a blue alert &#8211; which is done when law enforcement officials are killed, injured or go missing &#8211; and immediately put the facility on lock-down.<br />
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Authorities said that Watson was working as a farm laborer and apparently used a tractor in his escape from the facility. The tractor was discovered about one mile away from the facility.<br />
TBI secured warrants for first-degree murder, especially aggravated burglary, and aggravated sexual battery on Thursday.<span style="color: var(--color-text);"> </span></p>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone wp-image-325336" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Curtis-Ray-Watson-7.jpg" alt="Curtis Ray Watson 7" width="753" height="785" /></span></strong></strong><strong style="color: var(--color-text);"><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Curtis Watson was caught on security cameras opening an outdoor refrigerator at a home s</span></strong><strong style="color: var(--color-text);">ecurity camera shows Curtis Watson Sunday morning before his arrest</strong></h6>
<div><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Rewards totaling $57,000 were offered for information leading to Watson&#8217;s arrest.</span></div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">According to an affidavit, Watson had been released temporarily for mowing duties at 7am earlier that day, and had access to a golf cart and a tractor. As a &#8216;trusty&#8217; at the prison, he was allowed to use the equipment and had to wear a reflective vest while working on prison grounds.<br />
Phone records show Johnson was talking on the phone at 8.10am just 20 minutes before corrections workers saw Watson in a golf cart at her house, according to the affidavit.<br />
He drove away from the prison sometime between 9 and 10 am on a tractor, the affidavit said.<br />
When Johnson didn&#8217;t show up for work, co-workers discovered her body at her home at 11.30am, according to the affidavit, which notes that agents found a cord wrapped around Johnson&#8217;s neck.</p>
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<div><span style="color: var(--color-text);">The medical examiner declared her death a homicide by strangulation, the affidavit said.</span></div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Watson had been serving a 15-year sentence after pleading guilty to especially aggravated kidnapping in Henry County. Watson illegally confined his wife while using an aluminum baseball bat in July 2012, court documents showed.<br />
His sentence began in 2013 and was set to expire in 2025, officials said.<br />
Watson had previously been convicted of aggravated child abuse in Carroll County. His sentence in that case expired in 2011, officials said.</p>
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Inmate Curtis Ray Watson, 44, is captured following a four day manhunt after he ‘killed and sexually assaulted a corrections officer, as he escaped from a Tennessee prison’
