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Convicted murderer captured after escaping from Mission prison

Michael Douglas Sheets has walked away from prison, and it's not the first time. Paul Johnson has more – Sep 2, 2018

Correctional Service Canada (CSC) is looking into how an inmate escaped from the Mission Institution minimum security unit Saturday night.

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Around 7 p.m. staff members discovered that Michael Douglas Sheets was not accounted for.

He was recaptured Tuesday, Sept. 4.

Sheets is serving a sentence of 14 years and six months for manslaughter, arson, escape, and other offences.

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A warrant for his arrest was issued.

It is not known where he was recaptured.

A man by the same name escaped from a correctional institution in Victoria back in 2015.

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CSC is investigating how Sheets escaped.

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