Roseville murder suspect’s escape ended peacefully — other escapes had worse outcomes

Eric James Abril’s escape from a Roseville hospital early Sunday ended after 33 hours and no harm to area residents or law enforcement officials, but that hasn’t always been the case with Sacramento-area escapees. In April 1997, a 27-year-old inmate who had been convicted of beating his wife walked away from the “honor” section of the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center near Elk Grove at about 5:15 a.m. and made his way 25 miles to her North Highlands home. Michael Neal Stallworth left a suicide note behind at the jail, and...