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Longest Texas prison fugitive recalls daring escape
Roy Wayne Bevan, captured in Minnesota in 1995, recalls the euphoria and panic of breaking out of Coffield Unit in 1985 and living on the run for a decade. He blended in, avoided calls, grew a beard, and relied on a public-safety manhunt that included state and federal agents. Bevan now faces legal actions to reverse his rape conviction while confined in Texas.
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Galveston
Texas
Roy Wayne Bevan
Bevan
Associated Press
Connally
Mexico
Gainesville
Cooke County
Coffield
Jesse D. Waight
Minnesota
FBI
Osseo
Minn
Telford
Texarkana