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Criminal Records - Most Wanted |
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Profile |
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Name: Sarah Jo Pender
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Race: White |
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Age Now: 29 |
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Height: 5'8" |
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Weight: 200 lbs. |
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Hair (Color, Description, Facial Hair): Blond
Sources say that Sarah loved her long blond, curly hair, but since she has been out of prison, police have heard reports that she might have cut it off and dyed it black or brown. |
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Eyes (Color and Correction): Blue |
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Other Physical Characteristics: Cops say Pender has a medium build. |
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Wanted for :
Escape, Rockville, IN;
Aug 04, 2008
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Location(s) |
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Last Seen : Rockville, IN
Pender was last seen in her prison cell, but was unaccounted for after guards conducted a routine inmate head count. |
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Possible Location : Western, IN
Nineveh, IN
Indiana
Indianapolis, IN
Terre Haute , IN
Bradenton, FL
Seattle, WA
After escaping from prison, cops say Sarah Pender may have headed to the metropolitan Indianapolis area.
The prison was located in western Indiana, just north of Terre Haute and 40-50 miles west of Indianapolis.
She has family all over the United States, including Florida and Washington. |
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Last Known : Nineveh, IN
Prior to her prison term, Pender resided in Nineveh, Ind. |
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Case Story |
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Convicted Killer Sarah Pender Escapes From Ind. Prison |
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In 2000, cops say Sarah Jo Pender and her boyfriend killed their two roommates, shooting each of them with a shotgun and dumping their bodies in an Indianapolis dumpster. The two were eventually captured by police in Noblesville, Ind. and were sentenced in Marion County in 2002.
Pender's accomplice in the murder, Richard Hull, is currently serving a 75-year sentence, while Pender had been serving a maximum 110-year sentence for her role in the murders.
It seems that nearly six years behind bars was all Pender could take, as in August 2008, she busted out of Rockville Correctional Facility shortly before a routine inmate head count. IDOC officials say Rockville Correctional Facility is a mutli-level, medium-security penitentiary, which has the ability to hold all levels of female offenders. It would have and should have held Pender, too, if it were not for her manipulative ways.
Since the story first broke, Rockville Correctional Facility Officer Scott A. Spitler, a five-year veteran of the institution, has been arrested in connection with Pender's escape. He faces charges of Assisting a Criminal, Official Misconduct, Sexual Misconduct and Trafficking with an Inmate.
The Indiana Department of Corrections tells AMW that Spitler allegedly drove Pender out of the prison after hiding her in the back of his IDOC van.
Once beyond the prison gates, cops say ex-inmate Jamie Long, one of Pender's closest friends, was waiting patiently for Spitler to approach. When Spitler came to a stop, Pender then emerged from the backseat of his van and hopped into Long's vehicle, and she has remained on the lam ever since.
But how did Pender coordinate this masterful escape? |
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Cops: Mastermind Uses Sex To Bust Out Of Big House |
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According to authorities, Pender used her body to get what she desired most -- freedom. Just like she did back in 2000, when she convinced Richard Hull to shoot her two roommates, cops say Pender was again able to manipulate a variety of other people to aide in her escape.
In the six years she spent locked up, officials tell us she made connections both inside the prison and out, and those connections were allegedly able to get her anything she wanted. According to police, one of those key connections was Jamie Long, her long-time friend and former lover, who provided her with the illegal loot.
Selling contraband items such as cell phones, drugs, and tobacco, authorities say Pender was running quite the lucrative business within the walls of Rockville. While cops say Pender wouldn't have been anywhere near as successful of a businesswoman in prison if it were not for Long, it was not just Jamie Long to whom Pender owes a debt of gratitude for her escape.
Cops say the whole enterprise would not have been possible if it was not for Pender's illicit relationship with former officer Spitler. The two had allegedly been having relations for some time, and seeing as Pender had all the time in the world to plan an escape, she just needed to find the right time to execute it.
That time came on August 4, 2008. |
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Indy Officials Need Help Capturing Female Killer |
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Prison officials tell AMW that Pender stands 5'8" tall and weighs between 150 and 200 lbs., with brown hair and blue eyes. She has two tattoos on her body -- a target on her right leg and a butterfly on her chest.
Though she's only been out a few months, authorities have learned that Pender appears to have developed a cocaine habit, and has made attempts to change her appearance. According to sources, Pender's cut off most of her long hair, and has apparently dyed her hair a dark color.
The IDOC website lists Pender's earliest release date as October 28, 2052, meaning her first legal opportunity to taste the joys of freedom again would come at the ripe old age of 73.
Once authorities capture Pender, the odds of a 2052 release date will significantly dwindle, as she is sure to face a serious penalty tacked on to her already-steep prison term.
In fact, Marshals consider Pender such a menace to society that on Monday, October 20, 2008, they officially added her to their infamous 15 Most Wanted Fugitives List.
They believe that by adding her to the list, they can effectively smoke her out of whatever hole she's hiding in, and place her back behind bars once again.
If you've seen this cunning and dangerous fugitive, please call our hotline right away, before she has the opportunity to kill yet again. |
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