Search still on for escaped inmate, accomplice

PHOENIX (AP) - The search for an Arizona prison inmate and a woman who helped him and two murder suspects escape is still focused on western Montana and the northwestern U.S. and Canada.

The last credible sighting of Casslyn Welch and John McCluskey was on Aug. 6 in Billings, Mont., and the couple are likely still traveling in a gold, tan or gray 1997 Nissan Sentra.

The U.S. Marshals Service is asking travelers at truck stops and in campgrounds nationwide to watch out for the couple, who may have dyed their hair and otherwise changed their appearance. Both are experienced long-haul truckers.

McCluskey was serving a 15-year sentence for attempted second-degree murder and other crimes when he escaped from the Arizona State Prison in Kingman on July 30. The two other inmates have been captured.