Inmate escapes custody at Kansas City hospital
03/22/2020 12:15 pm PDT
via WDAF:
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (WDAF) -- Wyandotte County authorities are looking for an inmate that escaped early Sunday morning while being treated at the University of Kansas Hospital.
The Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office said 34-year-old Brandon Banister escaped at about 3 a.m. from the custody of a deputy.
Banister was being held on charges including distribution of controlled substances and possession of controlled substances, and he has a parole violation holdout of the state of Missouri.
He is described as standing 5'11” and weighs 220 pounds. He was last known to be wearing a hospital gown. His last known address was in Riverside, Missouri.
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