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Search continues for missing Arkansas inmate

Posted: October 30, 2012 - 8:40am
This undated photo provided by the Arkansas Department of Correction shows inmate Curtis Reese Jr., at the department's Tucker Unit in Tucker, Ark. Authorities are searching for Reese Jr., who escaped the Tucker Unit Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, where he was serving a 40-year sentence for first-degree murder. (AP Photo/Arkansas Department of Correction) (AP Photo/Arkansas Department of Correction)
(AP Photo/Arkansas Department of Correction)
This undated photo provided by the Arkansas Department of Correction shows inmate Curtis Reese Jr., at the department's Tucker Unit in Tucker, Ark. Authorities are searching for Reese Jr., who escaped the Tucker Unit Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, where he was serving a 40-year sentence for first-degree murder. (AP Photo/Arkansas Department of Correction)
By Associated Press

TUCKER, Ark. (AP) — Authorities continue to search for a convicted killer who escaped from a maximum-security prison in Arkansas.

The search continues Tuesday for 33-year-old Curtis Reese Jr., who is serving a 40-year sentence at the Tucker Unit. Correction department spokeswoman Shea Wilson says Reese and another inmate escaped the prison on Monday by hiding in an empty water tank atop an 18-wheel tractor-trailer.

The other inmate, 40-year-old James B. Ryan, was back in custody Monday afternoon.

Reese was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in Saline County in the 1997 deaths of Eric Ogden and Lance Kelloms.

Reese is white, has green eyes, is about 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs about 176 pounds. He also has tattoos of swastikas and skulls.

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.

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