RACINE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK)- A Green Bay woman, who Sheriff Officials say was able to escape from the Ellsworth Correctional Facility may have stolen a pickup in her getaway.
Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling says 36-year-old Christine Abel was missing during a headcount at the Town of Dover facility Thursday night.
“We used a canine and tracked her footprints from the prison yard area, from the fence, through the snow, through the mud, and to that evidence. We firmly believe that it is her.”
Abel has a criminal history of burglary, theft, criminal damage to property and resisting arrest.