UPDATE: Curtis Watson captured by TBI
HENNING, Tennessee (WDEF) – Update 8/11:
The TBI captured Watson Sunday after several days of a state-wide manhunt. Details about his capture have yet to be released.
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The TBI has now released a timeline they have put together for the escape of inmate Curtis Watson and the murder of prison’s official Debra Johnson.
Watson was released on his grass cutting detail at 7 AM.
He was spotted at Johnson’s home on a golf cart around 8:30.
They say prison officials realized he was missing around 11 AM.
Then half an hour later, co-workers were concerned that Johnson had not shown up for work, and sent authorities to her home.
The police affidavit says they found a chord wrapped around her neck and believe she was strangled. She was also sexually assaulted.
Around 1:30, they found the tractor they believe he took and his prison ID about two miles from prison toward Henning.
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