Post by Sher on Jun 24, 2005 17:42:08 GMT -5
Prison Escape, Then Murder
The most recent photo of Lira, taken by the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office. It's something you're more likely to see in an action movie than in real life. An injured prisoner is taken to the hospital when he leaps from his wheel chair, dives through the open window of a waiting getaway car, and leads police on a high-speed chase.
Police say that's exactly what happened with Milwaukee prisoner Cesar Lira on April 15, 2004. Inside the getaway car were Lira's girlfriend and their six-year-old daughter. Police say Lira was determined to get to the Mexico border, but only got as far as Oklahoma when State Troopers spotted his vehicle and began a high-speed chase.
Oklahoma police tried to end the chase by putting up a road block, but Lira drove through the barricade and crashed the vehicle. The crash killed Lira's girlfriend and injured the young girl. Lira was convicted of several crimes surrounding the police chase, including second degree murder for the death of his girlfriend in the crash. He was sentenced to twenty years in an Oklahoma prison.
Thanks to a paperwork "mixup," Lira made bail and walked out of jail on June 15 -- despite the fact that he had more than 19 years remaining on his Oklahoma prison sentence.
Paperwork Error Lets Murderer Walk Free
Manual Alaya and Lira have known each other since childhood. Alaya is also on the run to keep from going back to prison for a parole violation.Even though Lira would be spending 20 years in an Oklahoma prison, Wisconsin officials did not forget that Lira had escaped their custody back in 2004. So just nine months into his Oklahoma prison sentence, Lira was taken on a quick trip back to Milwaukee to answer charges related to his prison escape. Wisconsin officials hoped the trip would add even more years to Lira's prison sentence. But there was one very big problem.
According to the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office, the paperwork that accompanied prisoner Lira from Oklahoma never clearly stated that the convict was to be returned to prison in Oklahoma after his Wisconsin court appearance. As a result, an unsuspecting Milwaukee judge inadvertently set a $15,000 bond for Lira during court proceedings on May 23. Lira's family discovered the court oversight and worked to gather the money needed to spring Lira from jail. Thanks to a paperwork "mixup," Lira made bail and walked out of jail on June 15 -- despite the fact that he had more than 19 years remaining on his Oklahoma prison sentence.
Lira And His Friend Have "Nothing to Lose"
Police believe Lira and Ayala are heading toward Mexico in this 1991 Range Rover. Cesar Lira was undoubtedly surprised at his fortune to walk out of jail. But he couldn't have been nearly as shocked as the family of Maryalyn Ordonze, the Milwaukee woman he killed in the Oklahoma police chase. Police say Lira had the nerve to show up at their Milwaukee home after walking out of jail and insisted on taking his young daughter with him. Lira released the girl a short time later before beginning his new run from the law.
Police say Lira met up with a lifelong friend, Manuel Ayala. Ayala is another Milwaukee convict who just discovered that he was about to go back to jail for violating his parole. Detectives say both men are traveling in Ayala's white 1991 Land Rover Range Rover. Police believe the men are heading toward Texas, where they have lots of friends and family, and then over the Mexico border.
Police consider both men extremely desperate and dangerous. Milwaukee County Sheriff's detectives say Ayala is known to have a gun and he told his family that he would "rather die than go back to prison."
The most recent photo of Lira, taken by the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office. It's something you're more likely to see in an action movie than in real life. An injured prisoner is taken to the hospital when he leaps from his wheel chair, dives through the open window of a waiting getaway car, and leads police on a high-speed chase.
Police say that's exactly what happened with Milwaukee prisoner Cesar Lira on April 15, 2004. Inside the getaway car were Lira's girlfriend and their six-year-old daughter. Police say Lira was determined to get to the Mexico border, but only got as far as Oklahoma when State Troopers spotted his vehicle and began a high-speed chase.
Oklahoma police tried to end the chase by putting up a road block, but Lira drove through the barricade and crashed the vehicle. The crash killed Lira's girlfriend and injured the young girl. Lira was convicted of several crimes surrounding the police chase, including second degree murder for the death of his girlfriend in the crash. He was sentenced to twenty years in an Oklahoma prison.
Thanks to a paperwork "mixup," Lira made bail and walked out of jail on June 15 -- despite the fact that he had more than 19 years remaining on his Oklahoma prison sentence.
Paperwork Error Lets Murderer Walk Free
Manual Alaya and Lira have known each other since childhood. Alaya is also on the run to keep from going back to prison for a parole violation.Even though Lira would be spending 20 years in an Oklahoma prison, Wisconsin officials did not forget that Lira had escaped their custody back in 2004. So just nine months into his Oklahoma prison sentence, Lira was taken on a quick trip back to Milwaukee to answer charges related to his prison escape. Wisconsin officials hoped the trip would add even more years to Lira's prison sentence. But there was one very big problem.
According to the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office, the paperwork that accompanied prisoner Lira from Oklahoma never clearly stated that the convict was to be returned to prison in Oklahoma after his Wisconsin court appearance. As a result, an unsuspecting Milwaukee judge inadvertently set a $15,000 bond for Lira during court proceedings on May 23. Lira's family discovered the court oversight and worked to gather the money needed to spring Lira from jail. Thanks to a paperwork "mixup," Lira made bail and walked out of jail on June 15 -- despite the fact that he had more than 19 years remaining on his Oklahoma prison sentence.
Lira And His Friend Have "Nothing to Lose"
Police believe Lira and Ayala are heading toward Mexico in this 1991 Range Rover. Cesar Lira was undoubtedly surprised at his fortune to walk out of jail. But he couldn't have been nearly as shocked as the family of Maryalyn Ordonze, the Milwaukee woman he killed in the Oklahoma police chase. Police say Lira had the nerve to show up at their Milwaukee home after walking out of jail and insisted on taking his young daughter with him. Lira released the girl a short time later before beginning his new run from the law.
Police say Lira met up with a lifelong friend, Manuel Ayala. Ayala is another Milwaukee convict who just discovered that he was about to go back to jail for violating his parole. Detectives say both men are traveling in Ayala's white 1991 Land Rover Range Rover. Police believe the men are heading toward Texas, where they have lots of friends and family, and then over the Mexico border.
Police consider both men extremely desperate and dangerous. Milwaukee County Sheriff's detectives say Ayala is known to have a gun and he told his family that he would "rather die than go back to prison."
