FIVE people were found murdered near the area where an escaped inmate was last seen, according to a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Two adults and three children were found dead in Leon County where Gonzalo Lopez was spotted and now a huge law enforcement presence is searching the area.
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The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said they received a call from someone who was concerned after not hearing from an elderly relative.
Officers went to the residence and discovered the bodies and noted that a vehicle was missing as well.
A 1999 white Chevrolet Silverado, license plate DPV4520 was not located at the residence.
Police believe Lopez may be driving the vehicle and may be armed.
Lopez, 46, escaped from a prison bus on May 12 as it was headed to Huntsville for a medical appointment.
The inmate, who is serving a life sentence, managed to free himself from his restraints while on the bus headed to the appointment.
Lopez allegedly attacked the bus driver, forcing him to stop the bus.
The driver suffered stab wounds to the hand and chest, according to Jason Clark, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s chief of staff.
An officer at the back of the bus then got off and approached Lopez. But the inmate climbed back aboard and started driving.
He made it a short distance before cops fired at the bus, deflating a rear tire and forcing him to flee from the vehicle. He then ran off into the woods.
“He’s crafty,” said TDCJ spokesman Robert Hurst last month. “He’s done this before down in South Texas in Webb County, he hid out for almost nine days.”
A possible sighing of Lopez was investigated earlier this week but officers determined that it wasn’t him. However, the man that was reported by worried citizens ran off into a wooded area and was never located.
A $50,000 reward is being offered for Lopez’s capture.
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