A massive manhunt for a 13-year-old accused of double murder in North Carolina came to an end late Wednesday when the teen's mother turned him over to authorities after he showed up to his uncle's house asking for food and a shower, officials and family members said.
The Robeson County Sheriff's Office said on Facebook the escaped teen, identified only as Jericho W., was taken into custody around 10 p.m. after his mother turned him over to the U.S Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force.
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The 13-year-old was scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday for two counts of first-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapons charge when he escaped around noon in the city of Lumberton. The juvenile court was being held at Robeson County Department of Social Service at the time, and Jericho W. was the custody of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety when he managed to get away, according to officials.
NORTH CAROLINA DOUBLE-MURDER SUSPECT, 13, ESCAPES AFTER COURT APPEARANCE, SPARKING MASSIVE SEARCH
The state agency said the teenager is now back in "secure custody" at the Cumberland Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Fayetteville.
While officials did not disclose where the teenager went after escaping, his mother, Nikki Jacobs, said he went to his grandmother's old home which is now abandoned, spent Tuesday night and all-day Wednesday there before finding a bicycle and riding it to his uncle's home, WRAL reported.
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