Tennessee Cop-Killer Moved to Maximum Security

Corrections officials are trying to learn how Jesse Mathews got put in a medium security prison.


Mathews was finishing a prison sentence for armed robberies when he fled a federal halfway house in Colorado with the help of a girlfriend and his sister, Rachel Mathews. He and his sister traveled to Chattanooga and met his mother and father, Kathleen and Ray Vance Mathews.

The family members were sentenced as follows for helping Jesse Mathews while he was a fugitive: Kathleen -- 30 years, Ray -- 20 years, Rachel -- 11 years.

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