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Female Escapee Captured Near West Virginia Prison
Vonda Jean Mullenax, 33, who escaped from the State Prison for Women near Pence Springs after a month on the run, was recaptured by an off duty prison employee and her husband. Convicted of first degree murder in the poisoning and strangling of her husband Ray Mullenax, she had faced life with possible parole after 10 years. Her escape came while en route to a work farm, with guards nearby. Nine children, two with relatives, six in an orphanage, and one in foster care.
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Pence Springs
W. Va
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Vonda Jean Mullenax
Ernest Beavers
J.C. Boland
Mullenax
The
Beavers
Kingwood
Preston County
Ray
West Virginia