A violent inmate walked away from a hospital in Virginia and hasn't been seen for three days in spite of a massive manhunt

Jesse James

Aug 15, 2023

Sure, it's not surprising that prisoner escapes still happen. That will probably always be the case.

But in an era of infinite cameras, 24/7 news coverage, high-tech surveillance technology, and modern police tactics, how is it possible for a prisoner to stay escaped like this?

Authorities are searching Monday for an inmate who police say was last seen "casually walking" along a street in Richmond, Virginia, after escaping from a hospital over the weekend.

Naseem Roulack, who is serving a 13-year-sentence on charges of aggravated malicious wounding, grand larceny and hit-and-run, fled the supervision of two Virginia Department of Corrections security officers at Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital around 6 a.m. Saturday, officials said.

The dude left the hospital "wearing a white gown, white socks [and] no shoes." Somehow he managed to get into normal clothes. He was last spotted walking down an affluent suburban street in the area. And nobody's seen him since.

Let me re-emphasize: Nobody's seen him since, even after a multi-day massive manhunt by state and local police, including with helicopters, K-9 units and foot patrols.

I mean, look, I don't doubt this guy will be caught eventually. Criminals have a tendency of being apprehended one way or the other. It comes with the territory.

But how does a guy evade so massive a search effort for even a few days? How does he vanish from a residential area in which an escaped convict should've stuck out like a sore thumb? Where is he getting his resources?

I'll be very interested to hear how he did it once he's caught!


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