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SYNOPSIS: Ex-felon Clayton Waagner had embarked on a cross-country "Mission from God" to kill abortion providers. While traveling in a stolen Winnebago with his wife and eight children, the vehicle broke down. A license check revealed that it was stolen. A federal jury in Illinois convicted 43-year-old Waagner of possession of firearms by a convicted felon and possession of a stolen motor vehicle. During his two-day trial, Waagner used the insanity defense, saying he was receiving messages from God to kill doctors who provide abortions. Waagner told prosecutors he was en route to Seattle where he planned to kill a doctor. In February 2001, while he was in jail, Waagner allegedly used a plastic comb to nudge open a lock on a maintenance closet located in the corner of his cell. The closet contained plumbing and provided direct access to the attic space above the ceiling. Once in the attic, Waagner used improvised tools to dismantle a roof drain, then enlarged the hole. Waagner escaped by climbing onto the roof - all the while dodging security cameras. Helicopters and dogs searched for the fugitive; the National Abortion Federation immediately put clinics on alert. In June of 2001, Waagner was seen on a surveillance tape robbing a bank near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. No other sightings of Waagner have surfaced. UPDATE: On December 5, 2001, U.S. Marshals arrested Clayton Waagner outside of a Kinko's in Cincinnati, Ohio. Waagner had eluded law enforcement for over nine months and quickly became the target of one of the largest manhunts ever by U.S. Marshals. He was the first fugitive to make both the U.S. Marshals "15 Most Wanted" fugitives list and the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list. Despite the hundreds of law enforcement agents tracking Waagner, some of them just minutes behind him, the brazen fugitive smiled into the camera of a bank he was robbing and prominently posted his deadly plans on a Web site.
Aware that Waagner was frequenting Kinko's to use their computers, the U.S. Marshals posted a Waagner wanted poster behind the counter of every Kinko's store in the country. On December 5th Waagner entered a Kinko's in Cincinnati and began to work on the computer. An alert employee spotted Waagner and called the U.S. Marshals. Waagner was arrested without incident. Waagner pled guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon and interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle. He is currently serving a 27-year prison sentence.
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