According to Marion County Sheriff Kerry Forestal, who spoke at a news conference on Wednesday, officials in Indiana have detained the girlfriend of a murder suspect who has been on the run since being unintentionally released from custody about a week ago.
Three warrants out of Minnesota have been issued for Kevin Mason, 28, including one for murder in connection with a shooting that occurred in Minneapolis in 2021.
Mason was detained in Indianapolis on September 11 but was released from custody two days later owing to a typing error. He requested transport from custody two days later owing to a typing error. He requested transport from his girlfriend, Desiree Oliver, 29, and was picked up close to the jail, according to Forestal.
Oliver is being questioned by authorities, along with Chaznia Dawson, a 25-year-old woman who was present when Oliver was taken into custody.
As soon as Mason was turned go, Marion County police began a 24-hour manhunt, but they didn’t make the public aware of it for nearly a week in order to take advantage of the “quietness of the situation,” Col. James Martin said during a news conference Tuesday. Using stealth provided investigators with a “tactical advantage,” Martin claimed, as a public search would have likely driven Mason deeper underground.
now seeking assistance from the public. If anyone sees Mason, Martin asks them to call 911 immediately because law enforcement “will not rest until he is captured.”
No search will go uncompleted by us. The “public is in immediate danger,” he claimed, although there is currently no information that would support such a claim.
Since it was learned Mason was let to leave the jail, two jail record keepers have been sacked, according to Martin. According to the sheriff, his personnel are overworked and underpaid, as reported.
Danelo Cavalcante, a convicted killer who had escaped prison, was the subject of a high-profile, two-week search in Pennsylvania that was brought to a conclusion on September 13 with the help of the public.