Convicted Murderer Escapes from Taylor Courthouse
By Connect-Bridgeport Staff on April 18, 2022
According to WDTV, authorities say they are searching for an escaped inmate in Taylor County.
Law enforcement tell 5 News officers are actively searching for 59-year-old Donald Lee Taylor. According to court records, Taylor convicted in 1989 of first-degree murder for fatally stabbing a man.
Taylor was at the courthouse when he allegedly escaped. He is described as a white man, 5'10? with hazel eyes, salt-and-pepper hair, and wearing an orange jumpsuit.
5 News has requested a photo of Taylor from law enforcement but so far has not received one.
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Editor's Note: Late photo addition to story is from WDTV and taken as an image from the Mountain Statesman newspaper in Grafton.
