Edward Salas

Edward Salas is a convicted murderer who escaped from a Clovis, New Mexico jail along with seven other inmates on August 24, 2008.¹ Salas murdered a sleeping ten-year-old boy after firing shots through the open window of a house.²

Fast Facts

1. Born: ca. 1987¹
2. Prison: Curry County Jail in Clovis, New Mexico¹
3. Height: 5'5¹
4. Weight: 180 pounds¹
5. Eyes: Brown¹
6. Hair: Brown¹
7. Has tattoo on back reading "Salas"¹
8. Has tattoo on arm reading "Lisa"¹
9. Convicted: Murder¹
10. Victim: Carlos Perez, 10 years old³
11. Date of murder: September 15, 2005³
12. Also escaped and at large: Larry McClendon, Victor Sotelo, Javier Zapata, Raynaldo Enriquez, Michael England, Louis Chavez¹
13. Captured: Victor Apodaca¹

The Escape

The eight inmates who escaped did so by cutting a hole in the jailhouse roof near a skylight. They reportedly then were able to reach the roof by climbing pipes behind the wall of a shower unit.⁴

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