Tobys safety. We found out that she had taken a large sum of cash and two firearms were missing from the house. You think, could she be involved in Something Like this . She had children, a husband, it seemed like it was a white picket fence type life. There is absolutely no way toby could be involved in this. You see this truck. My gut feeling was telling me it was them. This is our guy. This sounds like one of those fast and furious car chases. I was terrified that they were going to get killed. So many twists and turns. Nerveracking it shocking. It is unbelievable. Hello, and welcome to dateline. When convicted killer, john maynard escaped from prison, authorities feels he would go to any lengths to evade capture, then a horrifying discovery. Prison volunteer, toby young was missing, wife and mother now, the mercy of this desperate man, but was toby in danger . Or was she in on the plan. Here is Andrea Canning with breakout. It is a cold, february night along this isolated stretch of a tennessee highway, when wes marshall, tony crawford, and dozens of daytrippers finally spotted the woman they have been searching for. They were really just trying to see inside of the truck. It was about all i could see of her. She was sitting in the passenger seat, terrified. A 48yearold, beloved mother of truth two. A community volunteer. Back in kansas, her tightknit family desperately wanted her home safe. We were all fearful of her life. Justifiably so. As crawford drove alongside the truck. He knew that if you wanted to get to her, he had to stop him, the man at the wheel. A convicted killer, armed and dangerous, who wasnt going down without a fight. He is taking you on a wild ride. Yes it was. That part was the Wildest Chase i have ever been in. And a fitting climax to a wild, improbable story that blurred the lines between duty and desire. A story about breaking out of prisons, both real and imagined. This wasnt just the talk of the town, this was the talk of the nation . Yes it was. It was just unreal. The saga started almost 2 weeks earlier, when the alarm sounded important, david mccue, learned an inmate had escaped from the lansing correctional facility. A very scary time, and you know, right away it is like who is gone . Who are they . How did they get out . Where are they going . Sued the warden had a name, john manard, 27 years old, sentenced to life of a carjacking gone bad. At the time he committed his crime he was only 17. Reporter, lauren fox wrote about manard for the kansas city newspaper. The carjacking turned fatal. Someone shot the driver who was in his car, and so, john manard was a convicted murderer for his involvement in that crime. If he is capable of participating in this robbery and murder, he is very capable of murder again, or assault, he is a very dangerous person. Is your first thought, he could kill some of you out there . Yeah, very possible. He put police in the area on high alert and learned the locals on the kansas missouri border that a criminal was on the loose. We had a huge Steam Whistle and we would blow that several times and so all of the local community all know, you hear that, somebody is on the run. Just an alert, be aware, lock your doors, take all of the precautions. As Police Increase patrols in the surrounding towns, Prison Investigators got to work trying to figure out how manard escaped. Right away you start the whole search of all of the interior, all of that, you look for breaches in the fence, you look for breaches in answer or anything like that. They also traced every vehicle that left the prison that day and discovered that one vehicle hadnt been searched, a van. They searched inside the van, underneath the van, on top of the van. You put seismic sensors on its axles, it will detect the heartbeat of a mouse. Theres a mouse inside that vehicle. But this time they didnt. They didnt do it, they did follow procedures. The van belonged to safe harbor, a nationally heralded Prison Program that taught inmates how to train stray dogs for adoption. That day, several dogs had been picked up from the prison. John manard, it turned out, was one of safe harbors. Handlers. Investigators interrogated every inmate who helped load the dogs into the van. They just drilled down and drill down and talk to those folks until you get somebody who is willing to talk to where does that would you . Or that what is that we were very sure that he had left inside of a dog crate. There were other inmates who do that, because he had to get in the dog crate and loaded onto the van. There were fewer guards loaded onto the Prison On Sundays and only two prisoner counts. The weather may have helped manard too. Today was very cold, they did want to be outside, they were ready to get the dogs in the van and get them out of there. What they did know, of course, is that john was in one of the dog crates. And that, investigators believed, instantly put the driver of the van and ours way. The founder of safe harbor, a woman, named toby young, one of the most popular and trusted volunteers in the prison, and perhaps the reason the guards let their guard down. Are you thinking tobys like could be in danger . Absolutely. Because we figure he is in for Murder In The First place and so, they just had visions of, is he going to get away from here driving way, he pops Out Of The Box and takes her, literally hostage and then, how long before he is done with the hostage . It just gives you chills, fear, what could happen . Toby young set out to help prison inmates, now, she may be the victim of one. Coming up. Her family desperate. People were trying to call her cell phone and there was no answer. We were just fearing for the worst. And police on the highest. 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We are trying to reach out to her . Was everyone in the family trying to call her . Oh yeah, people are trying to call her cell phone and there was no answer and we were just fearing for the worst. Tobys siblings got together at their parents place. There were lots of them. Toby was the oldest of seven children. Was toby someone you looked up to . Was she the kind of sister who set an example . She was, she did set an example, she set an example that was very hard for the other kids to reach. She let a model life as an adult too. While working fulltime, toby graduated summa come loud a with a Bachelors Degree in minute business and administration and rose through the ranks to become a manager at sprint. But toby was most proud of her two sons, who she raised with her firefighter husband, patrick. They built a life together in this beautiful home. She met pat in high school, and they dated freshman, soft or, junior and senior year, and then they married a few years after that. This was really the definition of high school sweethearts. They seem like a happy family . Yes they did. They seemed like the ideal, perfect family. Toby also had her fair share of hardships, tom said. She struggled to find a job after sprint unexpectedly downsized and laid her off. Then, she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. After she recovered and her kids went off to college, toby took stock. She decided to dictate herself to serving others, by establishing safe harbor. Do think that is sort of a testament to her personality, that kind of gentle soul . Exactly. She loves taking care of animals and she loves taking care of people. And the Stock Program debris release and gave her a reason to carry on. Didnt give her that extra kick in her step when she had about this calling . Oh yes, definitely, definitely. Gave her a purpose, it seems to complete her. But now, on that cold february day, it seemed like toby could lose it all. Especially after her husband called Law Enforcement, with some alarming news. During that conversation with her husband, we found out that she had taken a large sum of cash and two firearms were missing from the house. Ray street stewart, a member of the fugitive tax force theorized that the inmate had driven to her house to get the weapons. If so, he had just turned from dangerous to armed and dangerous. When you throw a firearm into the mix, thats does up the gain a considerable amount, knowing that he had two firearms and of course the question there was is he willing to use them . Now that john manard had many as well, was to be expendable . Her husband feared the worst. Of course of these types of situations you can never guarantee what is going to happen in the end. I just remember telling him, Hopefully Everything will turn out all right and hopefully we can bring her back safe. They missed a chance to do just that, a few hours after they escape. An offduty prison employee, who was unaware that manard had escaped saw him at a Nearby Walmart and wondered what a man sentenced to life was doing in a store. By the time he realized what was going on and call for backup, manard had disappeared. So close. Are you just consumed by this 24 seven . Oh yeah. I just hanging out there in the office with for the phone on the radio, just listening for everybody, reports are coming in from the investigators, i just praying, you know, let this be one of the tips that gets us there. While department of Corrections Officers and u. S. Marshals were searching for manard and toby, other investigators were trying to find out if anyone outside the prison was helping manard evade capture. So, they interviewed his family and friends, but found no evidence any of them were involved. Next, they turned their attention to the prison staff. Could one of their own help manard . We know it happens, we couldnt even hazard a guess. 30 years, how many staff that we disciplined or let go, because of overly familiar relationships . I mean, it is a number. But as far as they could tell, no staff member had helped him escape. And that left one person, whose actions they couldnt yet account for. Toby. You trusted her . Yeah. Sure did. If you only knew. Coming up. Investigators take a hard look at toby young. I think everything about tobys life up to that point has led people to believe that she was kind of safe and trustworthy. Then s critical discovery at a storage unit, and the break that will change everything. All of these pieces of the puzzle started to come together and were telling a story. Absolutely. When dateline continues. Ne the industrys largest capacity, fastest allinone washer and dryer. Shop lowes now for memorial day deals. Introducing kardiamobile. 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The prison Administrative Officer told him that staff had noticed they had been spending a lot of time together. Hey, you know, they just seem to be a little too close you have got to be very careful about those appearances. Everything is under the microscope now, including this. In addition to the husband reported missing, toby had entered emptied her Retirement Account to the tune of 40,000. She also went on a Shopping Spree to walmart, target and a cabelas Sporting Goods store. So, there is this footage of her at walmart, buying mens closing and snacks that a teenager might want of tweezers and chocolate colored donuts. Buying mens closing. More than that, camping and Survival Gear and maps. He told them the family didnt have any trips planned, he bought close recently. The closing she was buying at walmart and cabelas would not have fit her. There were other items that clearly werent for tobys husband. Like a hair tie and electric target, to number the phone she bought at walmart. The next day, police got their biggest break yet, toby had rented a storage unit about a unit before her escape. They discovered her fan inside a storage unit, they discovered tire tracks leading the way to the storage unit. Investigators believe those tracks were from the getaway vehicle, an suv or truck. Finding this really change the investigation in a significant way. Investigators now wondered, instead of being manards hostage, could toby be his accomplice . They found the answer in her cell phone bill. There were calls to an unknown number, they traced it to a phone, they believed toby smuggled into prison for manard. This was like the first major line that toby crossed. She brought him the phone and then they talked for something, like 12,000 minutes over the next couple of weeks, Something Like 200 hours, and they text message all the time. Theres one morning, where tobys husband found the phone that she had and received Text Messages that said Something Like good morning, i love you. Investigators added the secret phone calls and texts to a long list of evidence against toby. The Demure Housewife was looking more like a desperate housewife. All of these pieces of a puzzle were telling a story. Absolutely. A story of a forbidden romance. Right. Toby is not really the kind of person you are thinking. Oh yeah, she is the one that would have a relationship with an inmate. The married mom, who started the dog program. I mean, how much more of a loving, caring person can you have . I dont know. It is almost unfathomable. Are you feelings of anger . That she did this to you . Betrayed and im just misled. A violation of trust. But the warden still believed that tobys life could be in danger. Inmates could be miller. Of, and even if her view of it was, we have a very romantic relationship or great future together with this . 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