One of the infamous Texas 7 who on December 13, 2000, seven convicts break out of a maximum-security prison in South Texas, setting off a massive six-week manhunt. The escapees, dubbed the "Texas Seven" by the media, overpowered civilian employees and prison guards in the maintenance shop where they worked and stole clothing, guns and a vehicle. Following an episode of the television show America's Most Wanted, that first aired on January 20, 2001, several people phoned in possible sightings of the suspects at the Coach light Motel and R.V. Park in Woodland Park, Colorado. They had apparently tried to pass themselves off as missionaries, playing loud Christian music within earshot of their neighbors. I personally saw Larry Harper at a local fast food in Colorado Springs; which isn't far from Woodland Park. I went in and saw him waiting for his food, this after watching America's Most Wanted, I thought he looked familiar. I recall his eyes, they were piercing because I said to my then wife, he looks familiar. I think he heard me because he turned to look at me and he never took his eyes off of us and even watched us leave; gave me the creeps. I didn't make the connection until I saw the news about their capture. Each of the 7 were caught but Larry James Harper, alone in a motor home, surrounded by law enforcement officers, Harper, a troubled youth turned violent adult, put a gun barrel to his chest and committed suicide rather than go back to prison.
One of the infamous Texas 7 who on December 13, 2000, seven convicts break out of a maximum-security prison in South Texas, setting off a massive six-week manhunt. The escapees, dubbed the "Texas Seven" by the media, overpowered civilian employees and prison guards in the maintenance shop where they worked and stole clothing, guns and a vehicle. Following an episode of the television show America's Most Wanted, that first aired on January 20, 2001, several people phoned in possible sightings of the suspects at the Coach light Motel and R.V. Park in Woodland Park, Colorado. They had apparently tried to pass themselves off as missionaries, playing loud Christian music within earshot of their neighbors. I personally saw Larry Harper at a local fast food in Colorado Springs; which isn't far from Woodland Park. I went in and saw him waiting for his food, this after watching America's Most Wanted, I thought he looked familiar. I recall his eyes, they were piercing because I said to my then wife, he looks familiar. I think he heard me because he turned to look at me and he never took his eyes off of us and even watched us leave; gave me the creeps. I didn't make the connection until I saw the news about their capture. Each of the 7 were caught but Larry James Harper, alone in a motor home, surrounded by law enforcement officers, Harper, a troubled youth turned violent adult, put a gun barrel to his chest and committed suicide rather than go back to prison.
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