BESSEMER, AL. (THECOUNT) — Escaped Morgan County inmate, Kaleb Gillespie, has been located in Bessemer around 6:23 a.m. Monday, according to reports.
Regina Ledlow Pearson, the teen reported missing from Lawrence County, was located unharmed with Gillespie.
The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office says Gillespie is on his way back with the teen to Morgan County when he was taken into custody.
Elated friends and family members took to Facebook to announce the teen’s safe return.
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The teen has earlier been reported missing by family:
Geo quick facts: Bessemer is a city southwest of Birmingham in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. The population was 27,456 at the 2010 Census. It is within the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area, of which Jefferson County is the center – Wikipedia.
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