A man who escaped from a Georgia prison nearly four decades ago and living under the alias of a dead relative will be arraigned in Laurel County Friday morning.
Billy Burchfield, 67, was brought into custody Wednesday night by authorities in Laurel County.
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Deputies say he was serving a 16 year sentence for manslaughter when he escaped from prison in 1979.
Burchfield, was living under the name “Harold Arnold,” a cousin who had died.
Decades later, he is back in custody at the Laurel County Detention Center.
His video arraignment is scheduled to take place at 9:30 a.m.
