his mother sophia is supposed to meet him at baggage claim. they haven t seen each other in seven years. he s coming to live with her and start a new life. i was there. i was happy to meet him. but when i was waiting longer, then i start worry a little bit. she doesn t know that her only child, who doesn t speak english and has never flown before, is having trouble clearing customs and immigration. if you re coming from outside the country, you re supposed to be directed to what s called secondary customs so they can process your papers. robert apparently becomes confused by the process and spends several hours wandering around the customs area. until at least 10:00, no one had any real interaction with him. and as unbelievable as this sounds, there was a person walking around in an area where
and he just didn t know what to do. he was looking for help. airport security try to communicate. he speaks russian. the police arrive, quickly surround him, and the grave scene unfolds. when robert stops moving, paramedics are called. he s pronounced dead at the scene. they say, i have very bad news for you. your son is died. then i went on shock. i was crying. i was asking why. an initial autopsy finds no trace of alcohol, drugs, or disease, but fails to find a specific cause of death. he was not a sickly person. wasn t a diabetic, for example, or a person that required any kind of regular medication.
resist arrest by trying to fight off a police officer. other criminals try to fool cops with a good story. you have got to see this next encounter to believe it. listen closely. and you be the judge. pollock, louisiana, april 5th, 2006. a convicted murderer escapes from a federal penitentiary, and a massive manhunt is on to capture him. the fugitive, richard lee mcnair, is a dangerous criminal, a highly intelligent martial arts expert who s escaped from two other prisons in the past before being recaptured. this time, he hides in a mail truck. he s the first prisoner to escape from a federal maximum security facility in nearly 15 years. hours after mcnair s discovered missing, an officer with the ball police department sees a man running on the railroad tracks and gets out to question him. what it is, we ve got an escapee. oh.
until at least 10:00 no one had any real interaction with him. and as unbelievable as this sounds, there was a person walking around in an area where security is at its highest, and he is not paid attention to for in excess of seven hours. at 10:00 p.m., after waiting at baggage claim for several hours by herself, robert s mother leaves, told by airport officials, she says, that there s no record of her son arriving. and she said, no, he s not here. you can go home. we will phone you. at 12:15 a.m., nine hours after arriving at the airport, robert finally makes it through immigration and is free to leave. he exits the international reception lounge, a secure area blocked off with plexiglas, but then returns through the one-way automatic doors.
he says his name is jimmy jones. but the first time he said it was robert jones. what s your name? robert jones. but the police officer doesn t pick up on it and almost apologizes for detaining the man. put yourself in my position. well, yeah. but i m not i know. i m not throwing you against the you think i m an escapee? you wouldn t believe what them guys do. they ve got years and years to think about how they re going to do it. after a few minutes of discussing his jogging route, the officer lets the wanted man go with a wave and a smile. be careful, buddy. thank you. all right. mcnair killed a man during a robbery in 1987. he s listed by federal marshals as one of the country s most-wanted criminals and eludes a nationwide manhunt for nearly two years. he s captured in canada in 2007 and is extradited back to the united states. coming up get in the car! outgunned on the side of the road.