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Prison Escapee, Now Suburban Mom, Caught After 32 Years

Posted May 1, 08 6:21 PM CDT in US,  Crime & Courts 

(Newser) – A 53-year-old mother of three, on the lam for 32 years after escaping from a Detroit prison, has been nabbed in a San Diego suburb. A fugitive since 1976, Susan Lefevre left the prison on a work pass and didn't return; she'll now have to finish out the remaining 9 years of her 10-year sentence for selling drugs, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports.

Lefevre, known to her neighbors as Marie Walsh, says she was arrested as a teen for selling $200 worth of drugs to an undercover cop; authorities counter that she was a major trafficker working for a $2,000-per-week heroin operation. "I really wanted to keep this secret," said Lefevre, a mainstay of the Michigan Department of Corrections most-wanted list.

Sources San Diego Union-Tribune, AOL News Bloggers

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This undated image provided by the Michigan Department of Corrections shows a booking photograph of Susan Lefevre, now known as Marie Walsh.   (AP Photo/Michigan Dept of Corrections)
This undated image provided by the Walsh family shows Susan LeFevre, now known as Marie Walsh, who, after 32 years on the lam from a Michigan prison, was arrested Thursday April 29, 2008.   (AP Photo/courtesy of Walsh family)
Susan Marie Lefevre, now known as Marie Walsh, talks about her 32 years as a fugitive during an interview at the Las Colinas Detention Facility Wednesday, April 30, 2008 in Santee, Calif.   (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
Susan Marie Lefevre, now known as Marie Walsh, sits alone in the prisoners- visitors area at the Las Colinas Detention Facility Wednesday, April 30, 2008, in Santee, Calif.   (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
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