Fugitive Surrenders To Authorities After 39 Years To Get Health Care Benefits

A Kentucky man has turned himself over to authorities saying that he is a fugitive, according to officials on Tuesday. Clarence David Moore now wants to go back to prison to get health care benefits.

David Moore, 66, who’s been living under the name of Ronnie Dickinson for 39 years, contacted the Kentucky sheriff’s office on Monday wanting to turn himself in. Initially, officials at the sheriff’s department thought it was a prank but have confirmed that Moore was actually an escaped prisoner.

Moore had escaped prison three times. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 1967 for larceny at the Henderson Correctional Centre in Western North Carolina, a prison that has already been shut down in 2002. In 1971, he escaped the first time and returned on the same day. He escaped the second time a year later and fled to Texas but was returned to the facility when he was busted three years later.

In 1976, Moore had another escape-his last. According to prison records, he was supposed to be released in 1978.

When officials headed to Moore’s residence on Monday, they found him partially paralysed from a recent episode of stroke. According to officials, Moore’s health status forced him to surrender.

He couldn’t get health care benefits because he was carrying an alias with no Social Security number. “I think he was just tired of running,” according to Franklin County, Ky., Sheriff Pat Melton in a report by the Charlotte Observer.

A neighbour described Moore to be pleasant and reserved and was shocked to learn of Moore’s status. Officials also said that there was a woman living with him, and she was unaware that Moore was a fugitive.

In a report by NY Daily News, Moore was arraigned on Tuesday. Officials said that he will go back to North Carolina to serve the remainder of his sentence.

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