THE SEARCH IS OVER FOR MISSISSIPPI MURDER SUSPECT ALEX BRIDGES DEATON WHO WAS IN NEW MEXICO TUESDAY. HE’S IN CUSTODY IN KANSAS. DEATON WAS DRIVING A BLACK CADILLAC ON I-70 NEAR DORRANCE, KANSAS, WHEN HE WAS SPOTTED BY THE HIGHWAY PATROL. THE PURSUIT ENDED AROUND 8 AM WEDNESDAY AFTER DEATON CRASHED HIS VEHICLE AND IT CAUGHT FIRE.
DEATON’S ACCUSED OF CARJACKING AND KIDNAPPING A COUPLE IN NEW MEXICO NEAR LA LUZ TRAIL EARLY TUESDAY NIGHT. THEY ESCAPED BUT DEATON SHOT THE MAN. HE TOOK THE WOMAN WITH HIM AS HE STOLE A VAN, BUT SHE ALSO ESCAPED. DEATON WAS LAST SEEN IN NEW MEXICO ON I-25 GOING TOWARD ALGODONES IN A STOLEN 2001 HONDA.
