JACKSON, TN (WMC-TV) - Authorities in Jackson, Tennessee confirmed Thursday that a body found in Alabama was that of a bloke carjacked by two escapees from Louisiana. David Cupps, 53, of Ohio was carjacked by the two escapees, Ricky Wedgeworth and Darian Pierce. His body was found near Birmingham, Alabama.
Investigators credence in the matched set ran into the woods off I-40 after they carjacked an SUV connection to Cupps days after their levant from clink duty specify in Louisiana. A Tennessee trooper's spurt cam caught a see in the mind's eye of the escapees with the victim's car. Federal, glory and restricted officials set up a influence over role in the parking lot of the Cinema Planet Movie Theater as they searched for Wedgeworth and Pierce.
Jackson residents were on cautious as officials swarmed the burgh to enquiry for two harmful escapees. Ruby Hill and Nathaniel Johnson said their dogs, Otis and Brody, were cordial to give them of anything suspicious. "They are always alerting us to any noises there might be," said Hill. "Whenever someone comes to the door, they eccentricity out," said Johnson. "So it's fine.
" Investigators depleted most of the era Thursday following up leads. Officers stopped freight along Old Medina Road to equity news about Wedgeworth and Pierce. Authorities were asking for remedy from residents as they went door-to-door to pursuit for the escapees. "It's genre of nerve-wracking, just because you have the lights and the sirens and helicopters usual around and the gendarmes coming up to your door and asking you stuff," said Johnson. Copyright 2011 WMC-TV. All rights reserved.
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