From: ghost_of_morphy@killfile.com   
      
   Thank God I don't work in that building.....   
      
      
   By Clay Harden   
   charden @clarionledger.com   
      
      
   Officials are trying to figure out how a killer managed to escape from   
   the State Penitentiary at Parchman, but Corrections Commissioner Chris   
   Epps has already determined, "it will be a case of staff not following   
   policy and procedure."   
      
      Whom to call   
      
      
   Anyone with information about Hentz's whereabouts may call the State   
   Penitentiary at Parchman at (662) 745-6611 or the nearest law   
   enforcement agency.   
      
   Parchman officials found Larry Hentz, 54, missing at 9:45 a.m. Monday,   
   just before a head count in the medium security unit.   
      
   He used something to cut two holes in a perimeter fence, Epps said.   
   "We don't know what the device was or how he got it," Epps said.   
      
   Hentz remains at large and is considered dangerous.   
      
   "We have reason to believe someone on the outside helped him with   
   transportation," Epps said. "We have been running dogs, road blocks   
   and helicopters to find him."   
      
   Epps said officials did not know whether Hentz escaped Sunday night or   
   Monday. He could be miles from Parchman, he said.   
      
   He is the first inmate to escape since May 2000, when John Woolard and   
   Roy Harper escaped from the prison's maximum security unit.   
      
   Woolard, serving a life sentence for murder and kidnapping, and   
   Harper, serving 88 years for armed robbery, were captured in June 2000   
   in Indiana.   
      
   Epps said he could not confirm whether Hentz was present at an earlier   
   head count Monday morning. "That is what we are doing, questioning   
   staff and inmates to find out what happened," he said.   
      
   Epps said part of the investigation involves listening to recordings   
   of phone calls made by Hentz and his brother. Roger Hentz is at   
   Parchman on drug offenses with a release date of 2008.   
      
   Sunflower County Sheriff Ned Holder said deputies "are stopping cars   
   and patrolling the back roads. That is all we can do until we get some   
   clues."   
      
   Holder said anyone who sees Hentz should call the police.   
      
   Hentz was convicted of the March 1982 shooting death of James   
   Williamson of Oakland in Yalobusha County and had been at Parchman   
   since 1983. He was sentenced in Tate County after a change of venue.   
      
   He also was serving a three-year sentence for burglary in Tallahatchie   
   County, a five-year sentence for receiving stolen property in Panola   
   County, a five-year sentence for grand larceny in Lafayette County and   
   a life sentence for property crime in Panola County, according to MDOC   
   records.   
      
   Hentz, who is 6 feet 1, weighs 250 pounds. He has brown hair and green   
   eyes.   
      
   At the time of his escape, Hentz would have been wearing   
   black-and-white-striped pants and a white top with MDOC Convict   
   written on the back.   
      
   Former Corrections Commissioner Robert Johnson said in 2000 it was   
   "absolutely irresponsible security behavior" that allowed Woolard and   
   Harper an 11-hour head start before they were discovered missing.   
      
   Such behavior included guards missing the escape, which was recorded   
   on tape by security cameras, and failing to check cells to see if the   
   inmates were present.   
      
   Woolard and Harper gained access to tools, cut and unscrewed two cell   
   windows, crawled past two guard towers and cut the fence to escape.   
      
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