Inmates use bedsheets to escape from 12th floor of Oklahoma jail; Murder suspect escapes

Friday, July 31, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -- Authorities said they found a murder suspect who used a rope made of bedsheets to escape from the 12th floor cell of an Oklahoma jail.

Officials told KOCO-TV that at around 5:30 a.m. Friday, Oklahoma County Detention Center inmates Jose Hernandez and Pablo Robledo broke a cell window and shimmied down the building using linens tied together.
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During the escape attempt, Hernandez fell or jumped from the makeshift rope at about the fourth floor and was found and arrested.

Robledo escaped, and authorities launched an hours-long manhunt. He was taken back into custody Friday afternoon, according to Oklahoma City Police.
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KOCO-TV reported that records show Robledo was booked into the Oklahoma County Jail in June 2019 on several charges, including first-degree murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and misdemeanor domestic abuse.

Court records show he had pleaded not guilty and was set for trial beginning Aug. 31.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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