KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) — A convicted murderer awaiting sentencing has escaped from a jail in eastern Illinois after overpowering a guard and taking his keys, uniform and SUV.
The Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office says Kamron T. Taylor fled from the Jerome Combs Detention Center at about 3 a.m. Wednesday.
Chief Deputy Ken McCabe says Taylor is considered armed and dangerous.
He fled in the correctional officer’s brown Chevrolet Equinox.