Investigators believe they have new evidence that three Alcatraz escapees made it out of this prison alive. The prisoners had reportedly escaped Alcatraz in the year 1962. Alcatraz inmates John and Clarence Anglin and their friend, Frank Morris, are said to have made it out of Alcatraz alive in 1962 by body-surfing behind a ferry and did not drown as prison authorities and FBI investigators have believed for decades. According to Brizzi, "a childhood friend of the Anglin brothers" the Anglin brothers and Morris body-surfed behind a passenger ferry that left Alcatraz just after midnight. They held on to a length of power cable tied to the ferry. It is believed that a friend picked them up in a boat in the San Francisco Bay and helped them escape to freedom. Although Brizzi never admitted it, investigators believe he was likely the one who picked up the Anglins in a boat on San Francisco Bay. The original theory was that the men had perished in the waters of the San Francisco Bay before they reached the mainland. This appeared confirmed when authorities recovered human bones from San Francisco Bay only six months after the men escaped from Alcatraz. Investigators believed that the bones belonged to one of the escapees. However, DNA did not match with Morris. The Anglin family allowed investigators to obtain DNA from the exhumed body of Alfred Anglin, the older brother of John and Clarence Anglin. DNA tests proved that the bones did not belong to either of the Anglin brothers. New evidence says that Brizzi allegedly met one of the brothers at a bar in Rio, Brazil and they invited him to their farm and allowed him to take photographs. These photographs were kept by the family for years but were recently handed into the FBI when the family and the FBI had come to an agreement.
The family always had stated that these brothers were good kids and never caused any trouble or harm in the family, and that they were only mischievous young boys getting into trouble on their own. They were sent to prison for robbing a banks with a toy gun, they did not even kill or physically harm anyone, but because they had tried to escape prison numerous amounts of times they were sent to Alcatraz.. The question is now what to do with them, knowing that they may be alive and most likely had started a family in Brazil. They are still considered wanted – although their advanced age would make it very unlikely for them to return to prison , even if they are found, and first if Brazil would ever hand them over to the U.S.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3270269/The-picture-proves-two-inmates-DID-escape-Alcatraz-Notorious-escapees-didn-t-drown-body-surfed-passenger-ferry-freedom-started-farm-Brazil-claims-family.html
Cameron Eisenberg-
ReplyDeleteThat is really exciting. It mean that the three not only got out of the"inescapable" prison, but got out alive and escaped America. Kudos to them
I agree with Cameron. That's impressive because I don't think anyone else could get out alive. - Kayleigh Smerud
ReplyDeleteSurprising they actually escaped AND made it to shore. It's a little late in time to do anything now, but it is interesting to know that escaping and surviving was possible.
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