HENNING, Tenn. (WFLA/AP) – Escaped prisoner Curtis Watson has been captured.
Watson had recently been spotted in Henning, Tennessee thanks to a resident’s Ring camera.
Sunday’s sighting was the first confirmed sighting of Watson since he escaped on Wednesday.
The Tennessee convict is charged with sexually assaulting and strangling a corrections administrator, then escaping on a tractor.
The manhunt for 44-year-old Watson enters its fifth day on Sunday.
Rewards totaling $57,000 are available for information leading to Watson’s arrest.
An affidavit says Watson was discovered missing about 11 a.m. Wednesday, several hours after being seen near the house at West Tennessee State Penitentiary where 64-year-old employee Debra Johnson lived. Authorities say Johnson was found deceased in the house with a cord around her neck.
Watson had been tasked with mowing duties at 7 a.m. that day, with access to a golf cart and tractor.
