Federal authorities have shared new age progression photos of a man who escaped from a life sentence in Ohio and is known to have spent time in Southern California.
Lester Eubanks was sentenced to death in 1966 after he was convicted of the murder of 14-year-old Mary Ellen Deener in Ohio. Eubanks, according to the U.S. Marshals Service, was out of custody on bail at the time of the November 1965 killing for an alleged attempted rape just three months before.
About 6 years later in 1972, Eubanks was taken off of death row and commuted to life in prison. The next year, on Dec. 7, 1973, Eubanks was given an honor assignment, which allowed him outside the prison. He managed to escape and to this day, hasn’t been caught…