Unforgettable: Richard Lee McNair's Epic Prison Break

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He manages to convince a police officer that he's just out for a jog This is the astounding tale of richard lee mcnair A master escape artist who outwitted the authorities in a way that defies belief april 6th 2006 pollock louisiana Inside this high security federal penitentiary Richard lee mcnair a convicted murderer is about to execute one of the most daring prison escapes in history Mcnair devises a plan to mail himself out of prison in a crate with a few essential tools and a lot of determination He slips past the guards and into a delivery truck bound for freedom A few days later in ball, louisiana Deputy carl bordelon is on routine patrol when he spots a man matching the description of the recently escaped inmate Displaying remarkable calmness and charisma mcnair convinces the officer that he's merely out for a jog having forgotten his id He provides two different names claiming he was jogging in 113 degree weather after working as a roofer for his brother's business Devil Is it you live around here boy, no, where do you live at down the road by uh, pineville Pavel, uh-huh. Okay. Do you have any form identification on you? No, man. What's your name? Robert jones. Robert jones Why i'm not supposed to be on the tracks? No, that's not the problem right now. Where's your address? I don't have an address I'm at the hotel. We're working on uh houses and stuff. I got the roofing Roofing. Yep. Okay for my brother All right Um, what is we got an escapee? Oh Where from a prison There's a prison here. Yeah As the interaction continues deputy carl bordelon asks for further information Hey, just call subject wear glasses However, the information provided by the prison was vague and outdated leaving bordelon without a clear picture of who he was dealing with Nothing about glasses Can you find out i'm out with a white male on the tracks at uh, gilly williams In an attempt to verify the suspect's identity bordelon requests that mcnair remove his gloves to check for any distinguishing tattoos or scars McNair cleverly complies by removing only one glove which contributed to the misidentification What about take your glove off Any tattoos or anything flip it over no, no, no, he's clean How old is your guy you're how old He's born in 56 58 Uh any kind of details you can give me, huh? Adding to the ambiguity the scars on mcnair's wrists were mistaken for possible tattoos This confusion coupled with the lack of clear information from the prison left bordelon uncertain about mcnair's true identity Bordelon later explained that he did not want to arrest an innocent man without sufficient evidence to establish probable cause How old you got well kind of turquoise blue turquoise blue Want to give me some more Call my little brother man Do I? No, it's not Incidents like this have shaped current policing tactics Today officers are often more proactive acting decisively to avoid similar errors This evolution in approach aims to prevent potentially dangerous suspects from slipping through the cracks ensuring public safety remains a top priority Now, uh short short hair. My guy's got skin cut hair He's got a beard well, uh goatee like how old is that picture Yeah, I know I got the same thing you can't see ---- on it all right What kind of scar? Okay. All right. Let me let me just verify. He says his brother's staying at the motel Let me verify that and if so, I'll just cut him loose All right. Thanks I guarantee you know the bad thing about it. What's that? You're matching up to him That sucks doesn't it? Yeah. Um, what are you staying at that uh tightest deal or tightest him? Where's that at We just got into town about a week ago and he dropped me off to jog I always jog about 12 miles a day where he dropped you off at up there on that road by uh, there's some construction going on And he dropped me off and uh He'll be back to hotel in about probably 10 minutes 15 minutes. Who do y'all work for? It's his uh, I know. What's the name of the company? Did you go through a broad patch or something? Well, yeah roofing always roofing shorts and cut my uh scratching up on You know, that's why your knees are all cut up Well, y'all got pads, huh? Y'all wear pads Um Where are you from? I mean, that's where you y'all stay out of dallas, texas And what's your name again? All right, put yourself in my position. Well, yeah, but i'm not I know i'm not i'm not i'm not throwing you against Hey, you won't believe what them guys do I mean they got years and years to think about how they're going to do it Now I could uh when I crossed the tracks down there I saw you running I said well How lucky can I be? No, nope, nope. Nope. I'm not no prison escape. How far you got to jog to Pineville hopefully on these tracks I'll jog you gonna hit huh? Oh, you don't know where you're at No, i'm at ball. No. No, i'm talking about you don't know where you're at as far as Where how far away you are from pommel? Well, I would say it's eight miles Um, i'm trying to think where you're going to hit out at um well Procter and gamble Right, right. You're gonna be right there procter and gamble and all that stuff. That's where where's y'all's motel at? Okay Let me think now because like I say Uh, you'll always drive. Okay walmart's right there go right at walmart and there's a road Is it 165 right 165 that goes south and we're about two blocks Code four I mean it's clean but and if he gets family home Little tiny hotel, yeah, you know like a motel deal in the park up there And there's uh, we we've got a camper and we were trying to get into the camper place But we didn't get into the camper place. There's a camper place between Ball I mean not ball, uh pine deal and what's the next town? Alexander no, no alexander's the other way There's a little uh, uh, you drive down the road down and there's uh, a place for uh campers and stuff and that's where we usually stay that we couldn't get in there um I promise you i'm not going down. It's an escape. You'd have done run by now You know that yourself You'd have done wrong by now No Well, if you can't verify me i'll be it. Did you see anybody or anything? There's some kids up there playing. That's all you saw Yeah, the kids that was that you that blew your siren There's a siren and then some kids were screaming some little kids playing on the tracks and uh, I probably told him to get off of him Oh, did you? well Can I jog on them? Because this I don't care personally. I know how to get back don't get run over by a train There isn't any that's why I picked it. I'm sure you can hear him way in advance. Yeah, but that's why these are rustic Right for a train they go down this road. Oh, yeah. Oh ----. See I saw a rougher and I thought hell I can jog on this Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, they'll come not as much as our other track Other tracks about every hour, sir. I'm sorry to have to hold you up. All right. No, i'm just doing my job man. I know you are but um Yeah, just Be careful. You'll probably get stopped again. Okay, don't don't Be alarmed by it I'll be on till we find this on the ground. Well, my dad's an auxiliary detective Yeah, he's 70 years old and he's been doing it since 63 still enjoys it yeah, but um if somebody else stops me I mean they gonna go through the same spill and everything with you, but um Yeah, I mean don't be alarmed by it. Don't be upset about it You know, they'll just stop you for a minute Check you out and everything. But if you do jog again in the future carry some id with you I don't I'm, sorry when I was in the military. We never carried our id on base and stuff Our base is different, you know, they assure you if you cross on you you got something But out here you're in civilian life, you know, were you in the military? No, I wasn't i'm retired army, but um Yeah in the future if you're going to jog again that way I mean if you get run over by a train I know who you are I don't have to start second guessing who he is, you know, can you write down your phone number your cell phone number? So I can have whoever calls you just call you got a cell phone with you. No, hell no I don't even have a cell phone or anything. Just call 9-1-1 is all you got to do and they'll get a hold to us All right. That's our quick line there. Have a good day now. Be careful, buddy. Thank you All right having narrowly evaded capture richard lee mcnair spent the next year as a fugitive His journey took him across the united states and into canada Where he continued to outsmart authorities with a series of clever disguises and stolen vehicles But mcnair's luck eventually ran out on october 24th 2007 his freedom came to an end in new brunswick. Canada A sharp-eyed police officer noticed the poorly tinted windows of a stolen van and decided to investigate further What followed was a brief low-speed chase that ended with mcnair's capture after 18 months on the run Richard lee mcnair was finally back in custody Bringing an end to one of the most remarkable fugitive stories in modern history Thank you for watching audit oblivion If you found this video informative consider leaving us a like it makes a huge difference to our channel Until next time stay safe and stay curious