The letter makes an offer: "If you announce on TV that I will be promised to just go to jail for no more than a year and get medical attention I will write back to let you know exactly where I am". "My grandmother received roses for several years after the escape.
"I was awakened by the siren," Babyak said. I have cancer." The letter was received by San Francisco police in 2013 but never before made public. The breakout of three inmates from the famous Alcatraz prison in 1962 has been the subject of wild speculation for more than half a century.
Authorities said at the time there was no way the trio could have swum across the frigid waters of the San Francisco bay, although the span is today tackled by triathletes.The breakout was immortalised in the 1979 movie Escape from Alcatraz, starring Clint Eastwood.
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At the time the letter was sent he was reportedly living in southern California.San Francisco police did not make the letter public despite obtaining it five years ago, The US Marshals Service, which has been responsible for the case since 1978, submitted the letter to the FBI laboratory for forensic handwriting analysis.
If the three did survive these treacherous waters, as the letter claims, they would have outlived the prison. The FBI has reopened an investigation into three Alcatraz escapees after receiving a letter believed to be from one of them. "It's always been talked about through the family," said David Widner, a nephew of John and Clarence Anglin. Marshal's Service says the FBI couldn't determine if it was real. "To this day, the three escapees remain on the most wanted list with photos of what they might look like today.It claims brothers John and Clarence Anglin along with inmate Frank Morris lived into old age after escaping the prison half a century ago.The author says Clarence Anglin died in 2008 and that Morris died in 2005.The writer tries to make a deal with authorities, saying: "If you announce on TV that I will be promised to just go to jail for no more than a year and get medical attention I will write back to let you know exactly where I am.
A 2013 letter to the FBI, if real, suggests the Anglin brothers and Frank Morris survived one of the most daring—and dangerous—prison breaks of all time. "I really haven't come to a conclusion whether I believe that it's John reaching out or not," nephew David Widner said.Mr Widner expressed dismay that the letter was not delivered in a timely manner to the family. The prison, built on a rocky outcrop in the middle of the bay, was shut down in 1963, a year after the men's escape. Someone claiming to be John Anglin wrote to … At the time of the escape, Jolene Babyak was 15 years old living on Alcatraz.
"I am 83 years old and in bad shape. Now, a Ever since brothers John and Clarence Anglin along with inmate Frank Morris disappeared, the official story has been they didn't make it, reports CBS News' John Blackstone. It adds "I am 83 years old and in bad shape. "According to the letter, John Anglin lived in Seattle for most of his life and spent eight years in North Dakota. The SpaceX capsule touches down off Florida, in the first crewed US water landing in 45 years.
A view of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in the 1930s when it was America's premier maximum-security prison The breakout of three inmates from the famous Alcatraz prison in 1962 has been the subject of wild speculation for more than half a century. I have cancer. © 2018 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.
A mysterious letter has come to light purportedly from one of three inmates who famously escaped Alcatraz in 1962.
"I escape from Alcatraz in June 1962. Yes we all made it that night, but barely! Stream CBSN live or on demand for FREE on your TV, computer, tablet, or smartphone. "For him to say he had cancer and was dying, I feel like they should have at least reached out to the family and let them know it existed," Widner said. But a letter, "My name is John Anglin," the letter begins, "I escape[d] from Alcatraz in June 1962…Yes we all made it that night, but barely!" The U.S. The men made an inflatable raft out of raincoats, set off into the water sometime at night, and were never seen again.The former prison is now a popular San Francisco tourist site, with more than a million tourists each year.John Anglin's cell, where he escaped through a vent in the wall, is one of the main attractions on the tour. A prison cell in Alcatraz Her father was acting warden.
Alcatraz closed the year after the escape, but the mystery remains open.Watch CBS News anytime, anywhere with the our 24/7 digital news network.
The three remain on the Marshal's Service most wanted list along with photos of what they might look like today.
(L-R) John Anglin, Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris before their escape The letter, obtained by CBS San Francisco, says it was written by John Anglin, who escaped from Alcatraz with his brother, Clarence Anglin, and a third inmate, Frank Morris. Letter allegedly sent from prisoner John Anglin Alcatraz letter mystery . Anglin's cell is now a favorite stop for tourists who can see the vent he squeezed through when he and the others made their break, then floated off the island in a homemade raft.
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