Longtime fugitive mom released from Mich. prison

[May 19, 2009]  PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- A California mother of three who was captured last year after escaping from a Michigan prison in 1976 has been freed.

Susan LeFevre (luh-FEE'-vur) was released from Huron Valley prison Tuesday and was greeted by family members. The prison is south of Ann Arbor.

The 54-year-old LeFevre, married and with three children, was living a comfortable life in the San Diego area before she was arrested in April 2008, more than 30 years after climbing a fence at a prison in the Detroit area.

LeFevre was serving a sentence for a drug conviction.

In January, the Michigan Parole Board voted to release her from prison on the drug crime. A judge placed her on probation for the escape.

[Associated Press; By ED WHITE]

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