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Yahoo
4 days ago
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- Yahoo
U.S. Marshals release age progression photos of man who escaped from Ohio prison over 50 years ago
The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) is still looking for a man who escaped from an Ohio prison over 50 years ago, according to a spokesperson with the USMS Northern District of Ohio. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Lester Eubanks, 81, escaped from the Ohio State Penitentiary in 1973 while serving a life sentence for the death of 14-year-old Mary Ellen Deener. The USMS worked with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to release age progression photos of Eubanks. The spokesperson said the original image was completed in August 2019, but the USMS Cold Case Unit and NCMEC have been updating it since then. TRENDING STORIES: Person rescued after reportedly falling off cliff while running from deputies, sergeant says Police investigating after man shot in the arm in Dayton 'We've lost everything;' Families comb through destruction after 4 houses catch fire The USMS hopes the updated photos lead to new tips from the public, according to the spokesperson. Eubanks killed Deener on Nov. 14, 1965, while she was walking to the laundromat. The spokesperson said Eubanks was out on bond at the time for an attempted rape. A jury found Eubanks guilty of murder while perpetrating rape on May 25, 1966. He was sentenced to death for his crimes two days later. Eubanks' sentence was commuted to life in prison while he was serving his time at the Ohio State Penitentiary in 1972. Less than two years after the sentence modification, Eubanks was placed in the Ohio Corrections Medical Center and given an 'honor assignment,' which allowed him outside of the prison walls. Eubanks escaped prison while on assignment on Dec. 7, 1973, and hasn't been seen since, the spokesperson said. The case was turned over to the USMS Cold Case Unit in northern Ohio in 2016. 'Since then, the USMS has followed up on hundreds of leads and conducted dozens of interviews not only throughout the country, but internationally as well,' the spokesperson said. Eubanks was officially listed as a USMS 15 Most Wanted Fugitive 45 years after his escape on Dec. 7, 2018. There is a reward of up to $50,000 available for information leading to his location. The spokesperson said Eubanks was last seen in southern California in the late 1970s and was using the alias 'Victor Young.' It is also believed that he was a janitor at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood in the late 1980s to early 1990s. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
CBS News
29-05-2025
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- CBS News
Authorities searching for escaped killer last seen in Southern California
Federal authorities have shared new age progression photos of a man who escaped from a life sentence in Ohio and is known to have spent time in Southern California. Lester Eubanks was sentenced to death in 1966 after he was convicted of the murder of 14-year-old Mary Ellen Deener in Ohio. Eubanks, according to the U.S. Marshals Service, was out of custody on bail at the time of the November 1965 killing for an alleged attempted rape form just three months before. About 6 years later in 1972, Eubanks was taken off of death row and commuted to life in prison. The next year, on Dec. 7, 1973, Eubanks was given an honor assignment, which allowed him outside the prison. He managed to escape and to this day, hasn't been caught. Age progression photos of what Lester Eubanks, 81, could look like today. U.S. Marshals "Fifty-nine years ago Lester Eubanks was sentenced to death for the vicious murder of Mary Ellen Deener," U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of Ohio Pete Elliott said, "and even after 59 years the U.S. Marshals Service will not give up on this case until Eubanks is found, justice can finally be served, and Mary Ellen's family can rest." The case has been investigated by local authorities for decades, and now Eubanks is on the U.S. Marshal's 15 Most Wanted fugitives list. Authorities say he was last seen in Southern California using the name "Victor Young," although that was in the 1970s. Mashals say he has been known to be in Gardena, South Central, Long Beach and North Hollywood. As recently as the late 1980s or early 90s, he's believed to have been working as a janitor at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood. Anyone with information concerning a wanted fugitive can contact the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force at 1-866-4-WANTED (1-866-492-6833), or you can submit a web tip.
