June 1, 2012 12:38 PM
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Two accused killers who escaped from Ark. jail are recaptured
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Cortez Hooper and Quincy Stewart were taken into custody Thursday evening. Miller County Sheriff's spokeswoman Vanessa Schaeffer said several agencies arrested the men without incident.
Officials say the pair used a hacksaw to cut through bars on a second-floor window and then went under a 10-foot-high razor-wire fence to get free on Monday.
Court records show Hooper faces a first-degree murder charge and a weapons count. Stewart is accused in a killing in Texas, but he hasn't been formally charged because he was being held in Arkansas on a drug offense.
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