Michigan murder suspect escapes during transportation from Montana
Chadwick Mobley
SANDERS COUNTY, Mont. (FOX 2) - A murder suspect is back in custody after escaping while he was being brought to Michigan for arraignment.
A transport company was moving Chadwick Shane Mobley, 42, to Lapeer County, Mich. from Sanders County, Mont. on Sunday morning when he escaped at the Plains Town Pump in Montana.
Mobley is accused of shooting and killing Andrea Eilber at a home in Lapeer in 2011.
A renewed effort to solve the case with DNA led to Mobley in 2022. He was living in Utah at the time and fled his home after he was questioned by Michigan State Police. He was later arrested last month by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department in Libby, Mont.
When he escaped, he was headed to Michigan to face charges of first-degree murder, felony murder, and felony firearm.
Mobley was captured Monday.
"The failure of Prisoner Transport Services to safely and securely transport Mobley to Michigan placed the people of Northwestern Montana in considerable and grave danger. This is not the work we expect on behalf of the Michigan Department of Attorney General and we have already begun a thorough review of the failures in this process," Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said.
Prisoner Transport Services, based in Nashville, Tenn., is the only private transfer service available in Montana, and is required to be licensed, insured, and meet the strict, federal standards as outlined in the Interstate Transportation of Dangerous Criminals Act of 2000.