COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 11, 2005
Fugitive Couple Nabbed In Ohio
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George and Jennifer Hyatte (AP/Tenn. Dept. of Correction)
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Ohio hotel where police say the couple was apprehended after a tip from a cabbie. (AP)
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Another car was reported stolen in the area of the hotel in Erlanger; officials haven't said if they believe that vehicle might be linked to the couple.
Jennifer Hyatte was a prison nurse when she met her husband, and was fired last year for sneaking food to him. A few months later, she got permission from the warden to marry George Hyatte, a man with a long and violent criminal record.
Before the escape, George Hyatte had been in court on a robbery charge.
His escape was at least the fifth time has gotten way from law enforcement officials. The other escapes were from local authorities in east Tennessee in 1990, 1991, 1998 and 2002.
CBS News Correspondent Randall Pinkston reports this isn't the first time George Hyatte is accused of using a woman to help him escape. Authorities say a few years ago, he escaped from a patrol car, with the help of a woman (not Jennifer), after a convenience store robbery.
Jennifer and George Hyatte got married in May.
Before meeting George, Jennifer had no criminal record.
"You are left grappling for answers and trying to figure it out. What was she thinking?" Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Jennifer Johnson said Wednesday.
"I guess it is anyone's guess," Johnson said. "She married the guy, so you have to assume there is some sort of love connection."
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