Acquaintance of triple murder suspect alerted police that he escaped Sudbury Jail
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It was around dinnertime Saturday when the Greater Sudbury Police Service learned that an inmate at the Sudbury Jail escaped.
It was around dinnertime Saturday when the Greater Sudbury Police Service learned that an inmate at the Sudbury Jail escaped.
That meant Joel Roy, a man accused of three murders and described by police as a dangerous person, was on the loose in the community.
Rather than a call from the jail, it was someone who knew Roy that tipped off police.
"Someone acquainted to Mr. Roy was the first source of information that alerted us to the possibility of his escape,” said Det. Staff Sgt. Barry Ornella of the Greater Sudbury Police Service.
“And it was then that led us contacting the district jail and then it was confirmed that he was not accounted for."
Roy, 33, is accused of two murders at Sudbury's Travelodge Hotel, along with the death of a southern Ontario man discovered in the Wahnapitae area.
Police launched an extensive search, drawing upon tips from the public, which police say was critical in the investigation. The tips eventually led investigators to a residence on Bulmer Avenue.
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