An inmate who escaped from the Edmonton Institution for Women has been found and arrested about 22 hours after police issued a plea for help from the public as they looked to track her down.
Shortly before 6 p.m. on Thursday, a spokesperson for the Edmonton Police Service confirmed to Global News that Samantha Towedo had been found.
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They later said she was arrested by officers at a commercial complex in the area of 118 Street and 104 Avenue at about 5:30 p.m. Towedo was spotted standing outside a business.
She was able to break out of the west-end correctional facility by climbing over a fence on Wednesday night, police said.
Police said Towedo is a “violent offender and is considered dangerous.”
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