After escaping from the Clackamas County Jail, the murder suspect only had to hop a 12-foot fence and a soil berm to enter Hillendale Park.
“Many people don’t realize this jail shares a border with the park,” said Lee Eby, a Clackamas County sheriff’s captain since 2015 who’s the longest serving jail commander in the agency’s history.
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