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Full Rigor: Murder suspect escapes from the Broward County courthouse

Dayonte Resiles
Dayonte Resiles is escorted back into the courtroom of Judge Raag Singhal, Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale. Resiles arrived for a hearing from the same courtroom from which he escaped on July 15. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida SunSentinel via AP, Pool)

Five years ago, a home invasion murder suspect, Dayonte Resiles, somehow unlocks his shackles and bolts out of the Broward County Courthouse where prosecutors were requesting the judge impose the death penalty. Find out how the maximum security suspect escaped and if former Broward Sheriff Scott Israel got his man on this week’s Full Rigor Podcast.

Resiles escape poster

Resiles told Broward Circuit Judge Raag Singhal that he escaped to look for evidence to prove his innocence.

Murder Suspect Escapes
Khari Owens, brother of Dayonte Resiles holds Resiles’ one year old daughter Ka’Maya Resiels after a hearing in the the courtroom of Judge Raag Singhal, Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale. Resiles arrived for a hearing from the same courtroom from which he escaped on July 15. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida SunSentinel via AP, Pool)

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Episode 112: Murder Suspect Escapes Broward Courthouse