Authorities are reportedly nearing the apprehension of escaped fugitive Lester Eubanks, whose story was popularized after it was revealed in an October episode of Netflix’s Unsolved Mysteries reboot series. NBC News cites an official with the U.S. Marshals Service who revealed to the outlet that “they are now closing in on” Eubanks, who is believed to be in the Los Angeles area, having previously escaped custody of authorities in Ohio back in 1973. Eubanks was convicted of the murder of fourteen-year-old with his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment. The disappearance of Eubanks on that date came eight years after he was arrested for the murder of Mary Ellen Deener.
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