On The Run Chicago Murder Suspect Now Captured In Temple, Texas

Temple, Texas is probably not the first place you would imagine somebody wanted to murder would travel over 1,000 miles to lie low, but that is exactly the place a wanted murder suspect from Chicago was found just after noon yesterday. According to this Fox 44 News article, a 25 year old man was located and apprehended by a joint taskforce of the United States Marshal Service Fugitive Task Force and the Bell County Sheriff's Office Violent Crimes Apprehension Team.

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Hopefully, as the story progresses, we will learn more about why Quartez Jackson was hiding out in Central Texas while wanted for a murder in Chicago, and how did local authorities get tipped off that he could be found in Temple?

Chicago Murder Suspect Was Found In Temple, Texas Apartment Complex

Jackson was found and arrested without incident at the Plantation Square Apartments located just off of Southeast Loop 363 just east of Interstate 35. Jail records listed Jackson as having a home address in Danville, Illinois, which is about 150 miles south of Chicago along Interstate 57.

On The Run Chicago Murder Suspect Now Captured In Temple, Texas

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Jackson will remain in the Bell County Jail until he can be arraigned, and then transportation will most likely be secured for his extradition back to Illinois. Thankfully he was captured without incident, and there was not an immediate danger to the public.

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