SPRING VALLEY VILLAGE, Texas — An escaped inmate from Mississippi was caught on camera in Spring Valley Village, Texas on Sunday, according to Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones.
On Tuesday, officials said a truck that may be connected to the escape of four inmates from the Raymond Detention Center in Hinds County, Mississippi was found underneath I-10 at Campbell Road Sunday afternoon.
Jones said one of the four inmates, Jerry Raynes, was caught on camera at a service station at I-10 and Echo Lane in Spring Valley Ranch Sunday morning around 11 a.m. He said it's still unclear whether Raynes came to Texas alone or with any of the other inmates.
A person at the gas station, who asked to not be identified, said Raynes didn't buy anything at the service station but did ask where he could find a hospital.
“That surveillance video is one of the only things at this point that we do have confirming Jerry Raynes was in this area," said Deputy U.S. Marshal Cameron Welch. “The U.S. Marshals are not only involved here in the Houston area but also in Mississippi, where the escape happened."
Welch said they've been working the case since the abandoned truck was found down the road from the service station on Sunday.
“We don’t have any reason to believe at this point, he’s left the area, so we are handling the investigation as such," he said.
The U.S. Marshals said these men had no connection to the Houston area and may have just been passing through.
"They are desperate for freedom and desperate to be back in society, so protect yourselves," Sheriff Jones said on Tuesday.
According to WAPT-TV in Mississippi, the inmates got out of the detention center after breaching a cell and climbing through the roof.
"The doors locked in this particular pod...the pod is secure," Jones said. "The breach that they created was located in a cell...in a secure area."
The other inmates have been identified as Dylan Arrington, Casey Grayson, and Corey Harrison. They were being held on auto theft, business burglary, and stolen property charges.
Sheriff Jones confirmed Wednesday night that Arrington's remains were recovered from a burned structure in Carthage, Mississippi. His cause of death is under investigation.
Leake County Sheriff Randy Atkinson told WJTV-TV that Arrington had he barricaded himself inside a burning home near Conway, Mississippi Wednesday morning. Atkinson also said a deputy was shot.
Jackson police believe Arrington was the prime suspect in a deadly carjacking after the jailbreak.
Multiple law enforcement agencies joined the search for the escaped inmates, including the U.S. Marshals Service and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigations.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.