Jailer Fired After Inmate Escapes During Kingwood Hospital Visit

Overview

• Yorlan Rafael Reyes escaped from Liberty County custody during a medical visit at HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood after being transported from Madison County, and he remains at large.
• The county’s administrative review found violations of transportation and supervision policies that led to the transporting officer’s termination.
• A separate Criminal Investigations Division probe reviewed the circumstances and concluded there was no evidence the officer committed a crime.
• Liberty County is coordinating the active search with Montgomery County, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas Rangers, the U.S. Marshals Service and Homeland Security Investigations, and investigators have reviewed hospital surveillance footage.
• Reyes was held on a state jail felony warrant for unlawful disclosure or promotion of intimate visual material and faces a felony escape charge, and authorities urge the public not to approach him and to report tips to local dispatch or Crime Stoppers.