SOLVED WA - Mark Vannausdle, 60. After 17 Years in Prison with 1 1/2 to Go He Escapes. Fork. 11 August 2019

[PastTense]

"FORKS — The state Department of Corrections and local law enforcement were searching Sunday for an inmate who escaped from Olympic Corrections Center near Forks that morning.

Mark David Vannausdle, 60, escaped at about 7:08 a.m. Sunday while he was on his way from his living unit to the dining facility, according to DOC...

He began serving a 240-month sentence Sept. 10, 2002, and had a release date tentatively set for Jan. 1, 2021."
https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/...after-escape-from-olympic-corrections-center/

This does not seem the wisest thing to do...

 

[PastTense]

"He's also the primary person of interest in the disappearance of his wife, Connie, in 1993. Her family reported her missing to police in Lacey, but her husband never reported her missing."
Authorities reopening missing woman case after husband escapes prison

I just started a thread about her:
WA - Consuelo (Connie) R. Vannausdle, 31. Possibly Murdered by Husband Mark. 25 April 1993

 

[PastTense]

"FORKS — A man who escaped from Olympic Corrections Center in Forks over the weekend was apprehended early Tuesday morning.

Mark David Vannausdle was arrested without incident at 7:37 a.m. Tuesday less than two miles from the prison. He will receive a medical assessment, then he will be transported to a state correctional facility for questioning, said Janelle Guthrie, spokesperson for the Department of Corrections"
https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/crime/escaped-inmate-captured-without-incident/