Escaped Killers Joseph Jenkins And Charles Walker Captured In Panama City Beach

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON and MELISSA NELSON

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PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. — PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — With two convicted killers back in police custody, authorities have shifted attention to finding out who made the phony court documents that led to the mistaken inmate releases that rocked Florida’s judicial system.

 

Joseph Jenkins and Charles Walker, both 34, were captured Saturday night without incident at the Coconut Grove Motor Inn in Panama City Beach, a touristy area of putt-putt courses and go-kart tracks. Hours earlier, their families had held a news conference in Orlando — some 300 miles away — urging them to surrender.

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