ONE OF THE FUGITIVES WHO KILLED AN OKLAHOMA COUPLE IN NEW MEXICO IN THE SUMMER OF 2010 IS DEAD. JOHN MCCLUSKEY DIED IN A MAXIMUM SECURITY FEDERAL PRISON IN COLORADO TUESDAY. HE WAS 52 YEARS OLD. NO WORD ON HIS CAUSE OF DEATH. BUT MCCLUSKEY WAS IN POOR HEALTH AT THE TIME OF HIS COURT PROCEEDINGS .
HE AND FELLOW INMATES TRACEY PROVINCE AND DANIEL RENWICH ESCAPED FROM AN ARIZONA PRISON IN 2010, WITH HELP FROM MCCLUSKEY’S GIRLFRIEND AND COUSIN, CASSLYN WELCH. THEY LATER CARJACKED THE OKLAHOMA COUPLE AT AN I-40 REST STOP IN NEW MEXICO. GARY AND LINDA HAAS WERE SHOT AND KILLED AND THEIR BODIES BURNED IN THEIR TRAILER THAT WAS SET ON FIRE.
