The four had altered their prison clothing to resemble the uniforms worn by correctional officers, then sawed through the bars of their cells and a window and walked along a ledge to a fire escape.
[6] It has been alleged that Gregg was beaten to death later that night in a biker bar in North Carolina, and that his body was found in a lake.
However, news reports from the time of the escape suggest that Gregg may actually have been murdered after getting into a fight with one of his fellow escapees, Timothy McCorquodale, and another man, James Cecil Horne, a member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club.
[7] The other escapees were captured three days later[8] hiding in a rundown house owned by William Flamont, another member of the Outlaws who was apparently friends with David Jarrell.
[10] As for Gregg's co-escapees, McCorqoudale was executed in 1987 for the murder of Donna Dixon in 1974, while Johnson and Jarrell remain in prison and are now serving life sentences.