Pulaski, TN

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Inmate Found 35 Years After Escape

PULASKI, Tenn. - A convicted murderer who escaped from an Indiana prison 35 years ago was found living quietly in a small Tennessee town, authorities said Tuesday.
Linda Darby, 64, was arrested Friday in Pulaski, a small city near the Alabama border where she was going by the name Linda Joe McElroy.

Giles County Sheriff Kyle Helton said he was acquainted with Darby and thought she had been living in Pulaski for at least 30 years.

"As far as I know she never had any criminal history after she came here," he said. "She never got into any trouble. She led a flawless life."

Darby was sentenced to life in prison in 1970 for her husband's murder, but she escaped from the Indiana Women's Prison in March 1972 by climbing over a barbed-wire fence.

Pulaski Police Capt. John Dickey said investigators in Indiana had contacted the department about Darby and authorities from both states worked together to find and arrest her.

Helton said she was being held at the county jail and has waived an extradition hearing. She was expected to be moved to Indiana on Tuesday.

[Shellie]

Gee, I almost hope they let the ol' gal go free.

[DaJudge]

I wonder what the circumstances of the killing were.

[Shellie]

I wonder what the circumstances of the killing were.

Maybe he needed it to break him of bad habits.

[DaJudge]

I wonder what the circumstances of the killing were.

Maybe he needed it to break him of bad habits.

That's kind of what I was thinking too. The battered woman syndrome defense wasn't really in existence yet 35 years ago.

[teach]

I wonder what the circumstances of the killing were.

Maybe he needed it to break him of bad habits.

That's kind of what I was thinking too. The battered woman syndrome defense wasn't really in existence yet 35 years ago.

i wonder if she really killed him. With all the new ways of collecting evidence they may be able to prove her innocense.

wendy k

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[RamboPreacher]

prayer is happening for all involved.

[PastorDaniel]

What I want to know is why it took them 35 years to find her? Her husband mighta needed killen' , but come on...35 years to finder her...why now?

[RamboPreacher]

What I want to know is why it took them 35 years to find her? Her husband mighta needed killen' , but come on...35 years to finder her...why now?

prolly cause Mulder and Scully were in the neighborhood looking for super soldiers and accidentally discovered an abductee that confessed that they enjoyed the testing and saw her from the ship; and when asked who her was, hey said who it was because they had been communicating with her husband through necromancy rituals in the ship. - okay - so my attempt at humor may not be PC, but it was my guess at why they discovered her after so long.