Alabama Jail Peanut Butter Escape: Manhunt Underway For Last Of 12 Inmates

JASPER, AL — The last of 12 inmates who escaped a county jail in Alabama in a scheme involving peanut butter remains on the loose.

A manhunt continued Tuesday for Bradley Andrew Kilpatrick, 24, of Cordova, sheriff's officials said. Kilpatrick was being held in the Walker County jail on marijuana and drug paraphernalia charges when he and 11 other inmates fled Sunday night.

Inmates used peanut butter to change the numbers above a door and trick a new employee into opening another door that led outside, Sheriff James Underwood said. The inmates then used their orange jail uniforms and blankets to climb over a fence topped with razor wire. (For more information on this and other Across Alabama stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

The sheriff described the tricked worker as being young.

Eleven of the inmates have since been recaptured. Kilpatrick remains on the loose.

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