Texas jail escapee captured

A 74-year-old man who escaped from a Texas prison more than four decades ago has been arrested in Mississippi and returned to prison.

Texas jail escapee captured

A 74-year-old man who escaped from a Texas prison more than four decades ago has been arrested in Mississippi and returned to prison.

Robert Carroll Coney was sentenced to life in prison for robbery by assault and forgery in 1962. He escaped later that year.

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