Escaped Georgia inmates accused of killing officers captured in Tennessee

PUTNAM COUNTY, Ga. — Two Georgia inmates described as "dangerous beyond description" and wanted in connection with the deaths of two guards on a prison bus have been captured in Tennessee.

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Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said that Donnie Russell Rowe and Ricky Dubose had been captured in Tennessee following a car chase. Earlier in the day, they had been spotted in Shelbyville, Tennessee.

The escapees were wanted for the prison bus murders of two corrections officers: Sgt. Chris Monica and Sgt. Curtis Billue.

The FBI, state and local authorities expanded the search well beyond the Georgia state line.

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Investigators said after jumping the guards and shooting them Tuesday morning in Putnam County, the two prisoners broke out of the bus, carjacked a Honda, later dumped it and broke into a home to grab food, street clothes and money.

It was reported Thursday that Putnam County sheriff admitted that the escaped inmates had a 13-hour head start in a stolen white pickup truck before authorities realized they had switched cars.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Vernan Keenan said the men had committed a home invasion of an elderly couple and then took their car, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. They then led law enforcement on a chase before wrecking the car.

The head of Georgia’s Department of Correction, Greg Dozier, declined to talk about how the prisoners where capable of overtaking the armed guards.

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