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Escaped Prisoner in North Carolina

POLKTON, NORTH CAROLINA – The Department of Public Safety and local law enforcement officers are searching for an inmate who escaped early this morning from Brown Creek Minimum Unit. Inmate Kristopher McNeil #081147 was discovered missing just after midnight this morning and believed to have scaled the fence.

McNeil, 29, was serving a 14-year sentence for second degree murder.  He was scheduled for release in 2018.

Anyone who has seen McNeil or has knowledge of his whereabouts should contact local law enforcement or Brown Creek Correctional Institution at (704) 694-2622.