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Georgia Escapee Captured after 37 years
Commissioner:
Homer Bryson
Director of Public Affairs:
Joan Heath
Contact Name:
Gwendolyn Hogan
Contact Email:
Gwendolyn.Hogan@gdc.ga.gov
STATE OF GEORGIA
Georgia Escapee Captured after being on the run for almost 37 years
U.S. Marshals and GDC Fugitive Apprehension Unit joint effort
FORSYTH, GA. –On June 15, at 8 p.m., the U.S. Marshals arrested Billy Burchfield in London, Kentucky, after the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) Fugitive Apprehension Unit located him living under an alias. Burchfield escaped from the Jackson County Correctional Institution on October 22, 1979. He was serving a 16-year sentence for Voluntary Manslaughter after being convicted in Whitfield County in 1973.
Bill Burchfield
68 years old
