The Fugitive
She was convicted at age eighteen of armed robbery and broke out of a Georgia prison five times before escaping for good in July 1974. She made a new life for herself as a loving wife and a caring nurse in East Texas, where no one—not even her husband—knew her dark secret or the terrifying experiences that had made her run.
7 comments
Thursday, March 11th, 2010, 1:15 am
gary says:
Well the way I see this, They should take the man hours to track those guards down and prosecute them.! On the street it would be Rape so why isn’t it if a guard does it. This lady lived out a good honest life. I Truly hope she out lives all involved in the abuse and wish her a happy life.
Monday, August 31st, 2009, 2:38 pm
Jennifer says:
I could understand if she had been on the run for murder or something like that...but, to the naked eye, just an innocent "stupid" bystander that was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Armed robbery when she was 17 and now 50 something. With such bad health conditions, let her live the rest of her life seeing her children grow into parents themselves. Yes, the toture/rape she endured is punishement enough. And if you ask me, even that was never deserved. No one in their right mind should violate a person’s personal worth.
Saturday, July 18th, 2009, 7:24 pm
walter willis says:
What would be accomplished by sending her to prison? Even if the events in this account are skewed somewhat by empathy for the woman, the abuse she suffered by the guards and staffmembers who were acting agents of the State of Georgia was punishment enough.
Hard line retributionists have a long way to go to convince me that rule of law alone is enough to justify this.
Sunday, June 28th, 2009, 1:02 pm
CB says:
OMG! Life sure is strange! I ran away from home many years ago. At the age of 14.5 I lied about my age and went to Hardwick prison in Ga. I got out at 16. 33 yrs later I see A story of this poor woman being arrested in the same town I work in!!! She DOES NOT need to go back there. It was a horrid and abusive place. This woman has made amends by making good of her life and being a productive member of society. Isn’t that the definition of rehabilitation? Many women were railroaded at that time and sent to jail to be an "example" but only ended up abandoned and exploited. I know....I was there.
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009, 4:15 pm
Rosie says:
Just read the story on Mrs, Murphey. I really believe she is a good person and should be left alone with her family, but what I am really wondering because so much time has passed since she was found. I need to know what the outcome was on her arrest. Is she still alive and free.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009, 7:38 pm
Don says:
What is the status on her. will she have to back to Atlanta
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008, 9:49 am
Jeff says:
I wonder why our From Texas President can't look into pardoning this woman when he does take the time to pardon somebody on 4 months probation for fraud and embezzlement charges. This case sounds more worthy of pardon since Georgia, in all of its infinite wisdom, refuses to acknowledge that she has been "rehabilitated" and is a contributing citizen to society, isn't that afterall what incarceration is supposed to be for anyway? Sounds to me like she was made an example of once by the ignorant judge and now she's making a poor example out of them...
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