IONIA, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a man serving life behind bars for killing four people has escaped from a Michigan prison and may be headed to Middle Tennessee.
The Michigan Department of Corrections says 40-year-old Michael David Elliot was discovered missing about 9:30 p.m. Sunday from the Ionia Correctional Facility in mid-Michigan. Authorities say Elliot may have abducted a woman from Ionia using a knife or box cutter and drove to Elkhart, Ind., about 100 miles away.
The woman got away at a gas station and called police.
News2 WKRN reports Elliot has relatives in Nashville and Metro Police are on alert in the event he tried to make contact with them.
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WKRN News 2 contributed to this report.