HODGEN, Okla. — UPDATE: According to the Leflore County Sheriff, the inmate was arrested at the Coachman Inn Motel in Waldron.
An inmate at the Jim E. Hamilton Correctional Center in Hodgen, Okla. escaped around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday (Oct. 6) morning.
According to LeFlore County Sheriff Rodney Derryberry, Cody Blessing escaped from the property and was last seen running from a building into a wooded area.
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections spent the day using dogs to track down Blessing. The LeFlore County Sheriff said his scent was picked up by the dogs and stopped about a half-mile from the correctional facility. Investigators said they found a pair of pants near railroad tracks there as well.
Blessing is being held for three counts of child abuse in 2018, according to Sheriff Derryberry.
Investigators will continue to search a five-mile radius around the corrections facility through the night. If you see Blessing, you are asked to call 911 or your local police department.