Crime & Public Safety
Crime & Public Safety

Three Days on the Run: How the manhunt for Georgia fugitives unfolded

Donnie Russell Rowe (left) and Ricky Dubose (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)
Donnie Russell Rowe (left) and Ricky Dubose (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)
By Christian Boone and Rhonda Cook
June 19, 2017

Before a pair of escaped Georgia inmates surrendered they had been on the run for three days.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporters were on the ground in Putnam County, Georgia -  where Donnie Russell Rowe and Ricky Dubose staged their brazen escape from a prison transport bus. They were also in rural Tennessee, where the fugitives were captured.

Read their exclusive insider account at myajc.com

About the Authors

A native Atlantan, Boone joined the AJC staff in 2007. He quickly carved out a niche covering crime stories, assuming the public safety beat in 2014. He's covered some of the biggest trials this decade, from Hemy Neuman to Ross Harris to Chip Olsen, the latter of which was featured on Season 7 of the AJC's award-winning "Breakdown" podcast.

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