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UPDATE – St. Mary Parish Escaped Inmates Captured
Police in St. Mary Parish have been looking for two people who escaped from the St. Mary Parish Jail.
Police said 28-year-old Christopher Lee Horton and 36-year-old Joshua James Folks have been captured.
Police said Horton was being held for second-degree murder and arson. Folks was incarcerated for theft and aggravated escape.
Details of their capture will be released later by the St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office.
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