Overview
- More than 12 days after the May 16 breakout, Antoine Massey and Derrick Groves are the only two of ten escapees still at large.
- Law enforcement recaptured eight fugitives, including Jermaine Donald and Leo Tate in Huntsville, Texas, after a high-speed chase captured on body-worn cameras.
- Authorities have arrested 13 people suspected of aiding the jailbreak and are using digital forensics to analyze jail calls for additional leads.
- A tip placing Massey in Natchez, Mississippi, was investigated and later ruled unproductive, extending the manhunt across Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
- Orleans Parish officials cite defective door locks, understaffing and inside assistance for enabling inmates to break through a hole in a cell wall behind a toilet.