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The Latest: Alabama jailbreak: 11 of 12 inmates recaptured

This undated photo made available by the Walker County, Ala., Sheriff's Office, shows Brady Andrew Kilpatrick. A manhunt is underway for Kilpatrick, who escaped with 11 other inmates from the Walter County jail on Sunday, July 30, 2017. All but Kilpatrick have been recaptured. (Walter County Sheriff's Office via AP)
This undated photo made available by the Walker County, Ala., Sheriff's Office, shows Brady Andrew Kilpatrick. A manhunt is underway for Kilpatrick, who escaped with 11 other inmates from the Walter County jail on Sunday, July 30, 2017. All but Kilpatrick have been recaptured. (Walter County Sheriff's Office via AP)

By Associated Press 2 min read

JASPER, Ala. (AP) – The Latest on the escape of 12 inmates from a county jail in Alabama. (all times local):

3:15 p.m.

The sheriff in Walker County, Alabama says he’s not going to make any excuses for the escape of a dozen inmates from his jail.

Sheriff James Underwood says the inmates used peanut butter to cover up the number identifying an outside door, and then persuaded a new employee watching on closed-circuit camera to open the door from his control room.

Underwood says changing numbers on doors with peanut butter “may sound crazy, but these people are crazy like a fox.”