Prison officials now are investigating how Causey's escape on Tuesday from Lieber Correctional Institution went unnoticed for 18 hours, South Carolina Corrections Director Bryan Stirling said. "We believe a drone was used to fly in the tools that allowed him to escape," Stirling said, adding that investigators still were investigating to confirm whether a drone was used. Authorities have said Causey didn't think his defense attorney did enough to keep him out of prison in the early 1990s. Stirling didn't elaborate on why authorities think a drone was used. The motel room where Causey was arrested is about 1,200 miles from the South Carolina prison near Charleston where he escaped.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 07, 2017 16:59 UTC