The Texas 7: A True Story of Murder and a Daring Escape (St. Martin's True Crime Library)

"You havent heard the last of us yet..." These were chilling words on a note left behind by seven armed and dangerous inmates who escaped from the John Connally prison in South Texas on December 13 2000. Their promise has apparently been fulfilled. The inmates now known as the Connally Seven are suspected of having first robbed a Radio Shack in Houston and then days later on Christmas Eve of having fatally shot and runover a young police officer during an assault on a Dallas sporting-goods store. For six frantic weeks a massive manhunt with a significant reward had only turned up dead ends...until a tip came in from someone who had seen the gang on Fox-TVs "Americas Most Wanted." Authorities arrested four of the seven prisoners including suspected ringleader George Rivas in Woodland Park Colorado and a fifth inmate shot himself during police negotiations. Immediately intensifying the search for the last two heavily armed and dangerous prisoners police and FBI closed in on them at a Holiday Inn in Colorado Springs just two days following the previous arrest. After five hours and a telephone interview with a TV news station in which they expressed their feeling that the breakout was a statement against Texass judicial system the two inmates surrendered themselves putting an end to a long and frightening episode. The Texas 7 goes behind the scenes to give you a detailed fascinating account of the events leading up to and after their brazen prison escape--and the exciting chase that ultimately led to their capture.