Karen McPherson, serving a life sentence in the kidnapping of Carrie Lawson, briefly escaped work release but was quickly recaptured.

McPherson has been serving a life sentence ever since. In 2022, her parole was denied. Her escape on Monday serves as a ...

McPherson’s cousin, Jerry Bland, was named the primary suspect and took his own life as police closed in on his residence. The kidnapping occurred around 3 a.m. at the home of 25-year-old Lawson ...

Karen McPherson, who is serving a life sentence for the 1991 kidnapping of a young Jasper lawyer, briefly escaped during a ...