US police capture fugitive couple
Published:Friday | August 20, 2010 | 1:00 PM
US officials have captured a fugitive couple whose flight has made headlines in the America.
Escaped prison inmate John McCluskey and his fiancée Casslyn Welch were arrested after Arizona forestry workers spotted them and alerted authorities.
The pair, who has reportedly described themselves as Bonnie and Clyde after the infamous 20th Century outlaws, is being held in the county jail.
They have been on the run since McCluskey escaped from jail on July 30.
US authorities had launched a multi-state manhunt for the couple, and had issued an Interpol notice.
The 45-year-old man had been serving 15 years in Arizona State Prison, in Kingman, for attempted murder, aggravated assault and discharge of a firearm.
He escaped with two fellow inmates, allegedly aided by his 44-year-old fiancée.
New Mexico officials have said McCluskey and Welch had been linked to the murder of a couple, who was found in their trailer on a remote ranch on August 4.