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It's a lengthy thread so, if you're short of time, click on the last page and read the press articles.

-- Anonymous, November 18, 2002

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Also, see Flyer with basic information.

-- Anonymous, November 18, 2002

whoo boy! I hope they find her in good health.

-- Anonymous, November 18, 2002

Thread is growing--please click on page 9--or is it 8? Whatever.

-- Anonymous, November 18, 2002

page 8 for articles.

-- Anonymous, November 18, 2002

Escapees thought to be headed up coast

Police say suspect's girlfriend may have been involved in crimes

By JOE ATKINSON Courier & Press staff writer 464-7450 or atkinson@evansville.net November 18, 2002

Two Hopkins County, Ky., jail escapees accused of kidnapping and abandoning a Western Kentucky man are probably making their way up the East Coast, authorities in South Carolina said.

Chadrick E. Fulks, 25 and Branden Basham, 21, are suspected in a burglary and a possible kidnapping in Horry County, S.C., on Thursday, said Tony Collins, a detective with the Horry County Sheriff's Department. The burglary took place at a Conway, S.C., home. The disappearance, involving a 44-year-old Horry County woman, took place at a Wal-Mart about five miles away.

The two men also are accused of kidnapping James Hawkins of Hanson, Ky., taking his pickup truck, and leaving him tied to a tree near Evansville. The truck was later found in Portage, Ind.

"(We believe) they carjacked a lady down here at Wal-Mart and took her in her car, just like they did in Kentucky," Collins said. "We have no information other than the carjacking in Conway, and that the woman's credit cards were used headed up the East Coast - the last location was in Raleigh, N.C. -and that was (Saturday), around noon."

The fate of the kidnapped woman is not known, Collins said.

The men are believed to have kidnapped the woman about five miles from where they committed a burglary, police said. The father of the homeowner interrupted the burglary when he came to check on his son's home. The man told police that the burglars opened fire after he blocked the driveway with his car. The suspects escaped in a van, and the man was not injured.

Police say the van is owned by a female associate of the pair known to police as Tina Sevrance.

The van was found in the Wal-Mart parking lot after the Horry County woman's disappearance. Sevrance was interviewed by detectives over the weekend. The possibility that she is involved has not been discounted, Collins said.

"According to Portage (police), there was some suspicion she was involved in the jailbreak," Collins said. "I don't know what her involvement is, other than a girlfriend; (but) we've got her transportation, so she's waiting for us to release it."

The Horry County Sheriff's Department has sent information on both men, as well as the suspected kidnapping victim, to law enforcement authorities in 15 states along the eastern United States, Collins said. They are instructed to be on the lookout for the men, considered armed and dangerous.

Because the case has left their jurisdiction, however, the Horry County department expects to have little future involvement, Collins said.

"The main federal agency (investigating) is the FBI, and the Marshal's Office is a little bit involved," he said. "It's left our state, and truthfully, my speculation would be that they're going to West Virginia; one of the guys is from West Virginia, so that's the best educated guess I can get from everything on my desk."

Fulks was initially arrested on Aug. 25 when police were called to a domestic disturbance in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Madisonville, Ky., and he was found driving a vehicle with stolen plates. When he escaped Nov. 4, the Lewisburg, Ky., man was being held on charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, theft of a license plate, giving officers a false name and 12 counts of using a stolen credit card. According to a Kentucky State Police record, an investigation also found he was involved in burglaries or thefts in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and South Carolina; that the U.S. Marshal's Office wanted him for probation violations; and that the FBI wanted him for allegedly stealing FBI credentials, using them to make traffic stops and then robbing the motorists at gunpoint. Fulks is 6 feet tall and weighs 200 pounds. He has blond hair and blue eyes, with tattoos on his arms and shoulders. Basham was serving a five-year sentence for criminal possession of a forged instrument. He is described as 5-feet 10-inches tall, weighing 180 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He is missing the ring finger of his right hand.

-- Anonymous, November 18, 2002

Fox News is now running the story, pretty lengthy piece.

-- Anonymous, November 18, 2002

West Virginia. hmmmm, I've heard that said before.

-- Anonymous, November 18, 2002

Yep! Just sent this article to the person who said it.

-- Anonymous, November 18, 2002

I am finally in here... I am thinking of posting the emails, (removing names, of course... with impressions since I first read the thread around 5 or so on Sat. I know you all know how hard this particular case is for me... but I had to offer my help, seems, well, seems, it is a mute point.

-- Anonymous, November 18, 2002

So frustrating for you, SAR. Sorry! Wish there was more I could do.

-- Anonymous, November 18, 2002

SAR, I thought as long as you were still getting impressions that there was hope. The feds might not welcome your information, but there is a large internet network out there that needs your continuing input.

-- Anonymous, November 18, 2002

I got blown off the internett again, just geting on. I will try to post as much as I got ..they will be as emails, and I will delete names. Brooks, I am hoping someone out there will "click to something I said.. and remember, Sat. I was "HOT" the trail is very "weak" now.

Trying to do too much right now....Will be back, ASAP.

-- Anonymous, November 18, 2002

SAR, I'm so sorry, I can only imagine the memories this is bringing back to you. At least there is still a trail.

-- Anonymous, November 18, 2002

I am pasting all the emails from the 15th in a private forum.. then I will let those that want to read it in there, ok.. I am worried about posting it here. Don;t want to involve others. so far I have mentioned the green vehicle at about 10 or so on Fri night, and All about WEST VIRGINIA all on fri night.. or the 15, when ever that was. SOMEONE that posts here was so much help with finding me maps and verifying things I had not idea about. And someone else had an in with LEO (big timeLEO) and was delivering messages I think.

you know who you are, I thank you, and I didn;t say your name cause I didn;t ask you first!.

-- Anonymous, November 18, 2002

Very encouraging news... Brendan Basham (one of the escaped convicts) has just been apprehended in Ashland, Kentucky. That is very near the border of Ohio/West Virginia. Just north of I-64.

-- Anonymous, November 19, 2002

Yep, started new thread. Ashland very close to Charleston, WV, which is where someone we know was saying they were!

-- Anonymous, November 19, 2002