Post by CCADP on Aug 27, 2005 20:30:08 GMT -5
Writings left in Ohio jail cell discuss violent escape, prosecutor says
A woman accused of fatally shooting a corrections officer while helping
her husband escape from a Tennessee courthouse left in her Ohio jail cell
writings detailing the crime, a prosecutor said.
Jennifer Hyatte's 34-page diary, which she titled "A Modern Day Bonnie and
Clyde," calls husband George Hyatte the love of her life. It also says the
couple's ultimate destination wasn't Ohio but Pennsylvania, Franklin
County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien told Columbus television WCMH on Thursday.
Monday, U.S. marshals brought the Hyattes back to Kingston, Tenn., from
Columbus, where they had been held since their arrests Aug. 10.
They were caught about 36 hours after authorities say Jennifer Hyatte, a
former prison nurse, fatally shot a guard while helping her husband escape
after a hearing at the Kingston courthouse.
O'Brien said the diary, a collection of letters and notes, has been turned
over to a prosecutor in Tennessee.
"Not only is the escape (discussed), but the crime is discussed. As a
prosecutor, this would be useful at time of trial," O'Brien said.
District Attorney General Scott McCluen, who will prosecute the Hyattes in
Tennessee, "is not going to make a comment on" the diary at this time but
may issue a statement next week, assistant Brian Crisp said.
Authorities accuse Jennifer Hyatte of ambushing her husband's 2 guards.
Corrections officer Wayne "Cotton" Morgan, 56, was killed; a guard shot
Jennifer Hyatte in the leg.
The Hyattes were captured late the next day at a budget motel in Columbus
after the cab driver who drove them to the city called police.
George Hyatte, 34, has a long criminal record of robberies, assault and
escape and already is serving a 41-year sentence. Jennifer Hyatte, 31, had
been fired from her prison job because of her relationship with Hyatte,
whom she married this year.
(source: Tennessean)
A woman accused of fatally shooting a corrections officer while helping
her husband escape from a Tennessee courthouse left in her Ohio jail cell
writings detailing the crime, a prosecutor said.
Jennifer Hyatte's 34-page diary, which she titled "A Modern Day Bonnie and
Clyde," calls husband George Hyatte the love of her life. It also says the
couple's ultimate destination wasn't Ohio but Pennsylvania, Franklin
County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien told Columbus television WCMH on Thursday.
Monday, U.S. marshals brought the Hyattes back to Kingston, Tenn., from
Columbus, where they had been held since their arrests Aug. 10.
They were caught about 36 hours after authorities say Jennifer Hyatte, a
former prison nurse, fatally shot a guard while helping her husband escape
after a hearing at the Kingston courthouse.
O'Brien said the diary, a collection of letters and notes, has been turned
over to a prosecutor in Tennessee.
"Not only is the escape (discussed), but the crime is discussed. As a
prosecutor, this would be useful at time of trial," O'Brien said.
District Attorney General Scott McCluen, who will prosecute the Hyattes in
Tennessee, "is not going to make a comment on" the diary at this time but
may issue a statement next week, assistant Brian Crisp said.
Authorities accuse Jennifer Hyatte of ambushing her husband's 2 guards.
Corrections officer Wayne "Cotton" Morgan, 56, was killed; a guard shot
Jennifer Hyatte in the leg.
The Hyattes were captured late the next day at a budget motel in Columbus
after the cab driver who drove them to the city called police.
George Hyatte, 34, has a long criminal record of robberies, assault and
escape and already is serving a 41-year sentence. Jennifer Hyatte, 31, had
been fired from her prison job because of her relationship with Hyatte,
whom she married this year.
(source: Tennessean)