Blane Barksdale, 56, and Susan Barksdale, 59, managed the escape as they were being extradited from Henrietta, New York, to Pima County, Arizona, the Tucson Police Department said.
(CNN) - A married couple wanted for murder escaped custody in southern Utah by faking a medical emergency, according to the US Marshals Service.
Blane Barksdale, 56, and Susan Barksdale, 59 escaped custody Monday night as they were being transported from Henrietta, New York, to Pima County, Arizona.
They were being extradited to face charges of arson, burglary and murder in connection with the death of Frank Bligh, a 72-year-old Vietnam veteran who was killed in April in Tucson, Arizona.
He said that his brother and Susan Barksdale were good friends, but she had changed since meeting her new husband.