and the ease with which he does it is breathtaking. his name is derek estelle, he s 33 with an extensive rap sheet. this past march, he had to be tear gassed out of a building. that brings us to the jail. he was here waiting a court day on his latest charges. he s on the phone, but not necessarily talking to anybody. it s the beginning of his escape plan. there were only two deputies in the room and it s also our sunday visitation. reporter: estelle starts running, jumps through a window and lands in the public lobby. it looks like a bad cartoon. he s then followed by a guard, who was caught off guard, and the chase begins. estelle sprints as fast as he can to the parking lot, and so do the deputies. but there s a car waiting. he gets in it. the car allegedly driven by a
whose escape from an arkansas jail was caught on jail. officials say he conspired with several people to plan the escape. gary tuchman has the story. reporter: this man is about to escape from jail. and the ease with which he does it is breathtaking. his name is derek estelle, he s 33 with an extensive rap sheet. this past march, he had to be tear gassed out of a glding. that brings us to the jail. he was here waiting a court day on his latest charges. he s on the phone, but not necessarily talking to anybody. it s the beginning of his escape plan. there were only two deputies in the room and it s also our sunday visitation. reporter: estelle starts running, jumps through a window and lands in the public lobby. it looks like a bad cartoon.
partly responsible. mr. harding asked one of the deputies a question at that time they turned their back to get the information. reporter: harding turned into a sacrificial lamb, because while estelle ended up free, harding who was free, is now in comedy. police think harding and the driver of the getaway car aren t the only ones part of the plot. seems to be well thought out. evidently there were several individuals involved. reporter: but authorities aren t saying much more than that. as everyone here tries to figure out how something that is supposed to be so hard was made to look so, so easy. gary tuchman, cnn, atlanta. $136 million in jewels stolen in broad daylight? a notorious pink pather is to blame. the director of a new documentary called smash and grab all about this gang, talk with five members of the pink pather and joins me on her take ahead.
inmates. reporter: estelle starts running, jumps through a window and lands in the public lobby. it looks like a bad cartoon. he s then followed by a guard, who was caught off guard, and the chase begins. estelle sprints as fast as he can to the parking lot, and so do the deputies. but there s a car waiting. he gets in it. the car allegedly driven by a woman named tamara upshaw. who is now in serious legal trouble, too. the deputy got up to the car as it was pulling out and hit the passenger window, but they got away. this is the car. it was later located without its occupants. so how did this happen? how did a man now considered armed and dangerous get out of jail in less time than it takes to run a 50-yard dash? first, there s the phone call. inmates are allowed to be on that phone, which is in a good place for a potential escape, close to the open window. then there s this man, william harding. he was visiting the jail and the sheriff s office said he s