Dozens of federal and local law enforcement personnel were searching Friday for a 15-year-old boy who was in the middle of a murder trial in his mother's stabbing death when he escaped a Southern California jail.
Ike Souzer escaped the Orange County Juvenile Hall, somehow got onto a roof and then jumped a perimeter fence just after midnight Friday, said Steve Sentman, chief probation officer for the county.
Sheriff's Capt. Mike Peters said deputies were "very quick" to respond but Souzer was able to elude capture. "We are still searching and widening our search as we go along," Peters said at a news conference. "We're following up on every lead possible and making sure that no rock is unturned."There's no evidence that Souzer was armed but the public should call 911 if they think they've spotted him, Peters said.Sentman said it's the first escape from the 434-bed facility in at least two decades and that an investigation is underway into how it happened.
Souzer's public defender, David Hammond, didn't immediately respond to a request for comment late Friday.
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