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Associated Press - July 9, 2009 9:14 PM ET
McCASKILL, Ark. (AP) - Law enforcement authorities in south Arkansas captured two jail escapees within minutes Thursday night, when one was spotted walking along a highway and another was found in a small country church.
Authorities had been searching for Jerry Mills and Michael Dewayne Gulley, who were reporting missing from the Pike County jail in Murfreesboro on Wednesday morning.
State police say that around 6 p.m. Thursday, a person called police to report a man walking along Arkansas 195 in the McCaskill area, near the Hempstead-Pike county line. Law enforcement from several nearby counties, along with Arkansas State Police and state Game and Fish officers, began searching the area.
Police arrested Mills without incident and he was returned to the Pike County jail. Mills had been in the county jail on drug charges and a parole violation.
About 10 minutes later, police arrested Gulley about two miles away in a small church. Police say Gulley was captured after law enforcement decided to re-canvass some areas they'd already searched. Gulley was also arrested without incident and returned to the county jail.
Gulley was being held for the fatal shooting of a Prescott woman.
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