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Chris was nicknamed Little Houdini. Gay is an American habitual car thief and repeat escapee from custody. His effort to visit his dying mother is worth talking about. Mama left when he was Daddy was gone most of the time. The family lived in a trailer with no lights at times and food was scarce.

The children wore the same clothes for weeks and duct tape held their shoes together. Chris Gay was raised in extreme poverty and as a child was the one who went christpher gay to search for food for the family. He then learned to steal cars and trucks, and after stints in juvenile detention, ended up in prison.

But he kept breaking out. Once he ran during exercise seems appropriate. Another time, after being transferred to a mental health facility for evaluation he walked out an hour christpher gay being admitted. Inwhile in jail in Texas, serving time for criminal mischief he received a call indicating his mother, Anna Shull, was dying of cancer in Tennessee.

Anna had just showed up one day, after having been gone for 10 years. She apologized and he forgave her. He assumed she was too embarrassed to say why she left, so he left it at that. Chris Gay knew he was about to transported from Texas to Alabama, to face additional theft charges, so he took a spring from an ink pen and fashioned a hand cuff key out of it.

He hid the key between his cheek and gum, like a chew. During the transport he told the deputy he was about to get sick, so they brought him to a rest stop bathroom in Hardeeville, South Carolina. Once in the bathroom he removed his handcuffs, ran across the highway, climbed a fence and took off into the woods.

The police were soon on his trail with dogs. He managed to steal a pickup-truck but dumped it and then took a semi-truck cab in Georgia. Chris Gay realized he was never going to see his mom. The Police had surrounded her home, dogs were barking.

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He ran past her home and hoped someday he could track back to her. Chris Gay makes it to a motel. In the gate behind the motel, are tour buses for music performers. As he approaches the gate in his blue jail uniform, he is mistaken for a bus driver. For a man on the run, getting a bus with a television, comfortable bed, and a shower, is christpher gay pleasant find.

He turns on the TV and finding no news about his location, he makes a plan. When he approached the Daytona entry, State troopers were everywhere. The trooper gave him a card to hang in his window and waved him through. A second officer escorted him to the VIP parking area.

Chris was given a golf cart to drive around the facility. His new VIP badge got him a front row seat to Rolex