Father in kidney case captured in Mexico

[okarol]

 Father in kidney case captured in Mexico

1 hour, 26 minutes ago

A federal prisoner who fled after being released from custody to determine whether he could donate a kidney to his ailing son was located with his girlfriend Wednesday in Mexico.

Byron Keith Perkins and Lea Ann Howard were arrested in Puerto Vallarta and were being flown to Los Angeles for a court hearing Thursday. The appearance will be to arrange for their return to Louisville, where they will face federal charges, the U.S. Marshals Service in Louisville said in a statement.

Perkins failed to return to custody in January 2006 after undergoing compatibility tests to see whether he could donate a kidney to his son.

Perkins had been in jail awaiting sentencing for marijuana distribution and unlawful transport of firearms. He faced at least 25 years for those charges, which were filed while he was serving a supervised release from a North Carolina sentence for bank robbery.

He was temporarily released from custody when it was determined his teenage son, Destin, needed a kidney transplant.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070426/ap_on_re_us/prisoner_kidney_donor;_ylt=AjKaeLfmaX0.Qn5Z5vB4dVUEtbAF


My comment: No mercy.

[Wattle]

   What happened to the son?

[livecam]

Darn you beat me to it Karol.  I was all set to post this bright and early today but it was here already.  You're good!

[lola]

Son is o.k. got kidney transplant from someone else hope they lock him up and throw away the key for using his son's need to get out!!!

[goofynina]

SHAME ON HIM    Thank God the son received his transplant, serves that dad right if he never gets to see his son again, let him rot in jail i say!!! 

[Sluff]

Repeat NO MERCY.