Covering Louisiana
Search under way for prison fugitive
Posted: Jan 1, 2013 12:29 PM by AP/PHOTO COURTESY OF WBRZ
ST. GABRIEL, La. (AP) - Louisiana authorities are looking for a female inmate who escaped Tuesday from the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women.
Authorities say 33-year-old Keana Barnes escaped about 1 a.m. Tuesday. She was serving a 25-year sentence for manslaughter. Barnes came into custody in May of 2004.
Corrections officials say the circumstances surrounding the escape are still under investigation.
Barnes is 5-foot-4 and weighs 140 pounds. She has dark brown eyes and brown hair.
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