RECENTLY RE-CAPTURED INMATE JOHN COLLARD WAS FOUND DEAD YESTERDAY (SUN) MORNING. COLLARD, 56, HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED TO A MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON IN SUSANVILLE, CA ON SATURDAY, WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS CELL BY A GUARD AROUND 11 A-M. THE CAUSE OF DEATH HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED.
COLLARD HAD ESCAPED FROM A WORK CAMP IN BEN LOMOND LAST WEEK AND WAS RE-ARRESTED THURSDAY EVENING AT SLY MCFLY’S IN MONTEREY WHEN A PATRON RECOGNIZED HIM FROM A NEWS REPORT.
