Overview
- Police say 31-year-old Yorlan Rafael Reyes broke free from a correctional officer at HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood and fled on foot early Saturday morning.
- Reyes was taken to the hospital by ambulance after a medical emergency and was still in Liberty County custody at the time of the escape.
- He was transported to Liberty County Jail from Madison County on July 17 and was being held on an outstanding felony warrant charging unlawful disclosure or promotion of intimate visual material.
- Liberty County’s Criminal Investigations Division is leading the probe with help from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Rangers, and officials say they have reviewed hospital surveillance but are withholding operational details.
- Authorities describe Reyes as about 5 feet 8 inches and 190 pounds, last seen in orange jail clothing and jail-issued shoes, and urge the public not to approach him but to call 911 or Liberty County dispatch at (936) 336-4500 or Montgomery County dispatch at (936) 760-5800.