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Tennessee Bureau of Investigation requests assistance finding ‘extremely dangerous’ prison escapee

Curtis Ray Watson
Curtis Ray Watson Curtis Ray Watson

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is requesting the public’s assistance in locating Curtis Ray Watson, an escapee of the West Tennessee State Penitentiary in Henning.

Watson is also a person-of-interest in the homicide of a Tennessee Department of Correction employee today. He should be considered “extremely dangerous.”