THE FUGITIVE OUT OF MISSISSIPPI ACCUSED OF CARJACKING AND KIDNAPPING IN ALBUQUERQUE GOES TO COURT THIS FRIDAY. ALEX BRIDGES DEATON IS EXPECTED IN A COURTROOM IN KANSAS AFTER HIS THREE-STATE CRIME SPREE. DEATON FACES CHARGES THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE SHOOTING OF A PRATT, KANSAS, CONVENIENCE STORE CLERK. IN MISSISSIPPI, HE’S CHARGED WITH KILLING TWO WOMEN, ONE OF THEM HIS GIRLFRIEND.
WHILE IN NEW MEXICO, DEATON IS SAID TO HAVE CARJACKED TWO HIKERS NEAR LA LUZ TRAIL. HE ALLEGEDLY SHOT THE MAN AND TOOK THE WOMAN WITH HIM. SHE LATER ESCAPED.
DEATON WAS CAUGHT AND ARRESTED IN KANSAS.
