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Police recapture convicted murderer who escaped Quebec prison

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Convicted murderer escapes Quebec prison, believed to be in Southern Ontario
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Correctional Service Canada says a convicted murderer who escaped from a Quebec prison nearly three weeks ago has been recaptured.

They say Lory Bill Germa was apprehended by the Montreal police at around 7:45 a.m. Friday.

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The 69-year-old escaped from the Archambault Institution north of Montreal on July 5.

Staff at the prison’s minimum-security unit reported him missing after noticing he was absent during an inmate count.

Germa had been serving a first-degree murder sentence for a crime committed in 1992.

Ontario Provincial Police issued a news release after the escape saying Germa might be in southwestern Ontario.

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