Murderer’s aunt charged with aiding US prison break

An aunt of a convicted murderer who was captured in Chicago after a nearly three-day manhunt was charged with giving her nephew information that helped him escape from an Illinois jail where she had once worked.

Authorities say Kamron T Taylor escaped last Wednesday from Jerome Combs Detention Centre in Kankakee by beating and choking a guard into unconsciousness and stealing his uniform, keys and SUV. He was captured on Friday night.

His aunt Tonya Grant, who was once a guard at the jail, was charged with aiding in the escape of an inmate. Grant, 50, is accused of giving Taylor confidential security information about the detention centre during a jail visit with her nephew.