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Helicopter hunt for six escapees from WV prison
Authorities in West Virginia Pennsylvania and Ohio used helicopters and dogs to search for six convicted murderers and rapists who escaped from the West Virginia Penitentiary after taking guards hostage and killing a state trooper. Some fugitives are named as leaders Ron Williams Stephen Hart and Donald Layne with others including David Morgan Thomas Burton and Harold Gowers Jr. believed at large near Moundsville and Waynesburg Pa.
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Moundsville
W Va
UPI
West Virgina Penitentiary
Richard Mohn
Nto
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Philip Kesner
Kesner
James L. Collins
Collins
Ron Williams
Stephen “Jack” Hart
Donald Layne
David Morgan
Thomas Burton
Harold Gowers Jr
Waynesburg