A fugitive convicted of tried homicide who evaded police for greater than 30 years has been caught.
Greg Lawson, who had been on the run for 32 years, laughed and requested officers “how are you doing?” as he was handcuffed in Huatulco, Mexico.
Lawson, 63, fled Louisiana, within the US, simply earlier than a jury discovered him responsible of taking pictures a person known as Seth Garlington in 1991 – sparking an FBI manhunt in May that yr.
In a video shared by FBI News Orelans on X, previously referred to as Twitter, Lawson is seen sporting a short-sleeve shirt and camouflage cap.
With cops in escort, he patted somebody on the shoulder whereas laughing, earlier than one other officer turned to handcuff him.
Douglas Williams Jr, the agent answerable for FBI New Orleans, stated the seize wouldn’t have been doable with out the assistance of authorities in Mexico.
“We want to thank our partners and the public in this case, who never gave up hope that justice could be served for Mr Lawson’s victim,” he stated.
“There is no doubt that Mr Lawson might still be in the wind if our partners in Mexico had not been willing to deal with this so swiftly.”
The FBI stated they’d all the time suspected Lawson was hiding out in Mexico, however a “tip” they obtained earlier this month appeared to verify their concept.
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He was arrested on Tuesday, 19 September, and was taken into custody again in Louisiana.
According to a neighborhood Louisiana information channel, KTBS, Lawson had a “fistfight” with Mr Garlington in a carpark at a petroleum station.
Court paperwork, they added, declare Lawson compelled Mr Garlington’s automobile off the motorway, with Lawson then firing pictures.
When the jury got here again from deliberation to verify the responsible verdict, Lawson had already run away.
The FBI had supplied a $10,000 (£8,200) reward for his seize.
Source: information.sky.com”