Parsons was facing capital charges for the April 21, 2005, murder of Chillicothe Police Officer Larry R. Cox following a gas station robbery.

At around 6 pm, as he walked from his parents' house to his own, off-duty Officer Larry Cox also took up the foot chase, and confronted the robber in an alleyway near Chestnut and North High streets.

He used toothpaste and green and blue Jolly Ranchers to match the paint on the wall to disguise the broken mortar around the loose brick, which Parsons had carved out with a piece of metal from an air vent in his jail cell.

[3] On October 19, 2006, Parsons was arrested without incident by members of the Ross County Tactical Assault Team at approximately 12:20 pm at a small shack near the Chillicothe city limits.

[5] Parsons, who led local, state and national law enforcement on a three-month chase after his escape, stood before Judge Jon Corzine in Ross County Common Pleas Court shortly after 3 pm and pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated murder and other charges.