Escaped Wyoming Inmate, Accomplice Bound for Texas: Report

Fountaine was convicted of burglary and sentenced in 2017 to three to five years in prison

A man who escaped from a Wyoming corrections center and the woman who helped him may be heading to Texas, authorities allege.

The Casper Star-Tribune reports Richard Fountaine is still missing after he left the Casper Re-Entry Center Dec. 28.

According to a search warrant filed in Natrona County Circuit Court, Fountaine climbed a wall and chain-link fence before getting into an SUV.

The document states that authorities believe the employee gave Fountaine a cellphone while he was in the facility and helped him escape.

Fountaine's brother told authorities that the two were heading to Texas. The employee is also missing.

Fountaine was convicted of burglary in Park County and was sentenced in 2017 to three to five years in prison.

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