AUBURN, Maine — A man serving a life sentence in prison for raping and murdering an eight-year-old died Thursday at the Maine State Prison, officials said.
Milton Wallace of Springvale died around 5 p.m., according to a news release from the Maine Department of Corrections. He was sentenced in 1973.
Wallace and another inmate, Arnold Freeman Nash, escaped in the early 1980s and were on the run for 22 days.
Former Waldo County Sheriff John Ford said there were hundreds of state troopers, game wardens, and 20 canines searching for Nash and Wallace near Moody Mountain in Searsmont. Authorities said it was part of, at the time, Maine's most extensive search; the "Moody Mountain Manhunt."
Ford said he was even held at gunpoint by the two during the search. He was not injured and the two were brought into custody without incident.
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