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Criminal Records - Most Wanted |
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Profile |
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Name: William Charles Callahan
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Race: White |
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Age Now: 41 |
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Height: 5'5" |
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Weight: 180 lbs. |
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Hair (Color, Description, Facial Hair): Brown
Shaved head |
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Eyes (Color and Correction): Blue |
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Wanted for :
Murder , Clinton , AR
Escape , Clinton , AR;
Jun 20, 2006
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Location(s) |
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Last Seen : Clinton , AR |
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Possible Location : , MO
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Police believe Callahan and the two other escapees may have been spotted in Bakersfield Missouri on the night of June 20, 2006. |
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Last Known : Unkown |
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Traits |
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Case Story |
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If At First You Don't Succeed |
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William Callahan's first run from the law was brief. He didn't even make it an entire weekend. Callahan and accused bank robber Billy McFarland escaped from the Van Buren County Detention Center in Clinton, Arkansas during the early morning hours of Saturday February 25, 2006. McFarland was caught shortly after the escape and Callahan only stayed out till Sunday - captured in Leslie, Arkansas near his hometown.
Callahan was in jail facing capital murder charges. He's accused of murdering a 49-year-old disabled man on December 1, 2005. Police say Callahan and McFarland busted out of the jail by cutting a hole in the ceiling of the jail's common area sometime between 1:30 and 5:00 a.m. The duo then crawled through an air duct, making their way out of the building.
Following the escape, police say they placed Callahan in lockdown. Police say they eventually allowed him back into the general population - and gave him access to the room he previously escaped from. Jailers felt that the room was more secure, having repaired the ceiling and added stronger metal reinforcements.
But Callahan refused to believe that the jail could hold him.
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Proving Himself Right |
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During the early morning hours of June 20, 2006 - nearly four months after his first escape - Callahan put another escape plan in motion. He was joined by five other inmates: Edward Messer Jr., Lester Byes, Thomas Martin IV, Peter Boulette, and Randy Crisel.
Around 3:00 a.m., police believe the inmates may have climbed onto each other's shoulders - forming a human ladder - to reach a 20-foot ceiling of the jail's common area. Investigators say they somehow broke two holes in the ceiling, then climbed to the roof, then dropped to the ground using bedsheets for rope.
Detectives believe the crew split up into groups shortly after the escape.
Police learned that Martin, Boulette, and Crisel were spotted at a Walmart around 3:30 a.m. Police say the escapees bought clothes, food, and several air pistols. Investigators say surveillance cameras captured the three men in a motel parking lot nearby changing out of their jail-issued clothes. However, with the help of search dogs, cops picked those three up within a few hours.
Meanwhile, at around 3:15 a.m. a man driving a green Pontiac Bonneville left his car running as he left to quickly deliver some newspapers at an apartment complex near the jail. When he came back to the car, it was gone. Detectives believe Callahan, Messer, and Byes stole the vehicle.
A police officer in Bakersfield Missouri tried to pull over a car matching that decription last night, but the vehicle wouldn't stop. Police say the suspected car did a quick U-turn during the chase and rammed the police cruiser head on. The officer wasn't injured, but his car was disabled, and the other vehicle got away. Police say Callahan, Messer, and Byes have ties to southern Missouri and may have been in that car. |
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