THE MANHUNT FOR MISSISSIPPI MURDER SUSPECT ALEX DEATON ENDS IN KANSAS. HE WAS ARRESTED THERE WEDNESDAY MORNING AFTER HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS SPOTTED HIM ON I-70 AND PURSUED HIM. THE CHASE ENDED AFTER THEY DISABLED DEATON’S VEHICLE AND HE CRASHED. THE VEHICLE, A CADILLAC, CAUGHT ON FIRE.
NOW DEATON’S WAITING TO BE EXTRADITED BACK TO MISSISSIPPI, WHERE HE’S CHARGED WITH TWO MURDERS, INCLUDING THE DEATH OF HIS GIRLFRIEND. WHILE IN NEW MEXICO TUESDAY NIGHT, DEATON ALLEGEDLY CARJACKED AND KIDNAPPED A COUPLE. BOTH GOT AWAY.
