The final inmate of 4 men who escaped a Georgia jail and has been on the lam for a month has been caught, authorities said on Saturday.
Joey Fournier, 52, was apprehended near Stockbridge, Georgia just before noon on Saturday, Bibb County Sheriff David Davis said in a news statement.
Fournier was being held at Bibb County jail on a murder charge in connection with the 2022 death of his ex-girlfriend when he and the others escaped.
"We are grateful that this last escapee has been captured," said Bibb County Sheriff David Davis.
Fournier, and three others, 24-year-old Marc Kerry Anderson, 37-year-old Johnifer Dernard Barnwell and 29-year-old Chavis Demaryo Stokes, fled from Bibb County jail on Oct. 16 as they climbed out of a damaged window in a day room and then fled through a cut fence.
Video footage showed a blue Dodge Challenger just outside the jail at 3 a.m. local time.
The Dodge was found abandoned in Macon, a city about 80 miles southeast of Atlanta the next day.
Three individuals have been apprehended for various criminal offenses. Stokes, aged 29, was caught on October 26 for possession of a firearm and drug trafficking. Anderson, aged 25, was captured on November 3 while serving time for aggravated assault. Lastly, Barnwell, who was imprisoned for federal narcotics charges, was apprehended on November 12. Barnwell, along with an alleged female accomplice, is now facing federal charges.
Fournier, another individual involved in the case, is expected to be returned to the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center later today, according to the sheriff.
