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Georgia Escapee Captured; on the run for almost 48 years
Commissioner:
Homer Bryson
Director of Public Affairs:
Joan Heath
Contact Name:
Gwendolyn Hogan
Contact Email:
Gwendolyn.Hogan@gdc.ga.gov
STATE OF GEORGIA
Immediate Release
Georgia Escapee Captured after being on the run for almost 48 years
GDC Fugitive Apprehension Unit and U.S. Marshals joint effort
FORSYTH, GA. –On May 9, at 9:30am, the U.S. Marshals arrested Robert Stackowitz in Sherman, Connecticut. Stackowitz escaped from the Carroll County Correctional Institution on August 22, 1968. He was serving a 17-year sentence for Robbery by Force after being convicted in Henry County in April of 1966.
Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) Fugitive Apprehension unit reopened this cold case five months ago, and began a comprehensive investigation which lead the U.S. Marshals to his location in Connecticut.
Robert Stackowitz
71 years old
