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Briley brothers among Virginia death-row escapees still at large
Two Briley brothers remain at large after helping six death-row inmates seize a prison van and flee Mecklenburg Maximum Security Prison in 1979. James Briley, 27, received two death sentences for the Oct. 19, 1979 murders of a pregnant woman, her husband, and their 5-year-old son, while Linwood Briley, 30, faced a death penalty for the Sept. 14, 1979 killing of disc jockey Johnny G.
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Richmond
N.C
Michael W. McDuffie
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Briley Brothers
Virginia
Gilbert Miller
Times-Dispatch
James Cural Briley
Briley
Brileys
Linwood E. Briley
John H. Gallaher
Johnny G