LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a man convicted of a 1997 slaying in Nebraska escaped a work-release center six days after his victim's son was killed.
The Nebraska Correctional Services Department says 40-year-old Anthony Gafford left the Community Corrections Center in Lincoln at 6 a.m. Saturday to go to work. But he never returned.
A spokeswoman said Tuesday that there has been no change in his escaped status.
Gafford was convicted of second-degree murder and a weapons charge, and sentenced to 30 to 50 years in prison for fatally shooting Jacque Holbert in September 1997. Prison records say his scheduled release date is Dec. 11, 2022.