Investigators are reportedly closing in on Lester Eubanks, the convicted murderer of Mary Ellen Deener, 14, who escaped from Ohio State Penitentiary in 1973 - nearly 50 years ago, while on an honor furlough authorities said Saturday.
Prosecutors alleged he raped and beat her then shot her twice.
His death sentence was commuted to life in prison in 1972 when the California Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional.
There is a $50,000 reward for his capture.
SO MUCH FOR THE LAW OF THE LAND:Ramon Vazquez-Carmona, a 42-year-old, twice previously deported illegal alien has been charged in connection with the death of Cynthia Goulding, a two-time cancer survivor and grandmother to 25 grandchildren.
But wait... there's more...
"A little over a year ago, Antoine Jackson of Chicago robbed a woman and tried to rape her on one of Chicago's Red Line trains. He got probation and on Sunday, he allegedly forced a woman into an alley where he robbed and raped her."
