Escaped inmate Nevin Whetstone captured in Sunflower County

Escaped inmate Nevin Whetstone captured in Sunflower County

SUNFLOWER COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - An inmate who escaped from the Mississippi State Penitentiary (MSP) was captured in Sunflower County on Friday, March 7. According to the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), Nevin Whetstone was captured with the help of local, state, and federal authorities. Tampering charge dropped for man accused of killing Jimmie ‘Jay’ Lee Officials said he escaped from Parchman on Tuesday, March 4. Nevin Whet…

Latest Miss. inmate to flee prison is a repeat escapee

Weeks after the escape of two men from separate Mississippi prisons, the search continues for a 71-year-old man convicted of capital murder who escaped the Mississippi State Penitentiary earlier in the week.  Nevin Whetstone, who is serving life for the 1983 murder of Loretta Darlene Steele in Lee County, was last seen Tuesday, prison officials said.  This is not the first time he has escaped incarceration. Whetstone received a one-year sentence…

Murderer who escaped Parchman captured Friday afternoon - SuperTalk Mississippi

A convicted murderer who escaped from the Mississippi State Penitentiary has been captured, according to a local TV report. Nevin Whetstone, 71, was taken into custody Friday afternoon several miles west of the prison in Sunflower County, per WTVA. He had escaped through a back gate Tuesday, with authorities asking the public to be on the lookout for the “dangerous” inmate. This wasn’t the first time Whetstone had escaped from prison. In 1991, h…

Latest Mississippi inmate to flee prison is another repeat escapee

Weeks after the escape of two men from separate Mississippi prisons, the search continues for a 71-year-old man convicted of capital murder who escaped the Mississippi State Penitentiary earlier in the week.