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SUSPECTED FLORIDA MURDERER ESCAPES RICHMOND CHASE

(Richmond, IN)--Two wanted people from Florida were captured Thursdaya night, but two more got away and police believed one of those two was a wanted murderer.  The pursuit happened in the area of the old Reid Hospital on Chester Boulevard in Richmond.  The chase continued on foot in a wooded area near the East Fork of the Whitewater River.  At one point, scanner traffic indicated that a Taser was deployed in the river.  Jonathan Slaughter and Samantha Harris were captured and were being held Friday morning without bond and are awaiting extradition to Florida.  No information has been released on the other two suspects.