Crime & Safety
Escaped Arkansas Fugitive Dies At 68 In Michigan
Lester Stiggers was a teenager when he was convicted of killing his father in Arkansas. He said his father abused him and his mother.
DETROIT, MI — Lester Stiggers, convicted of killing his father in Arkansas as a teenager, has died at 68 in Michigan after 47 years on the run.
Stiggers' daughter, L'Donne Hampton, told The Associated Press that he died Saturday at his apartment in Warren, probably from a heart attack.
He first made it to Michigan after he escaped prison while being furloughed.
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Stiggers made headlines in 2013 when Arkansas asked Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder to send him back. It was the first time in years that Arkansas had expressed interest in Stiggers, who entered Michigan in 1970 and worked as a plumber and auto worker.
Snyder said Stiggers wasn't a threat to anyone.
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Stiggers said his father, who he was convicted of killing, abused him and his mother.
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