--- title: Prison Escapes Prompt Manhunts in Ohio and North Carolina description: A murderer and a kidnapper are on the loose canonical: https://time.com/4274560/2-separate-prison-escapes-ohio-north-carolina/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-29T00:23:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:16:55.527Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Separate Prison Escapes Prompt Manhunts in Ohio and North Carolina og:description: A murderer and a kidnapper are on the loose og:url: https://time.com/4274560/2-separate-prison-escapes-ohio-north-carolina/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0126d27bcffe83c/69888cd45f570fedcbb203c2/john-modie-large.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: john-modie-large og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Separate Prison Escapes Prompt Manhunts in Ohio and North Carolina twitter:description: A murderer and a kidnapper are on the loose twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0126d27bcffe83c/69888cd45f570fedcbb203c2/john-modie-large.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Separate Prison Escapes Prompt Manhunts in Ohio and North Carolina by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Mar 29, 2016 12:23 AM CUT  John Modie was missing from the Hocking Unit of the Southeastern Correctional Complex in Nelsonville, Ohio. John Modie was missing from the Hocking Unit of the Southeastern Correctional Complex in Nelsonville, Ohio.Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Mar 29, 2016 12:23 AM CUT Two manhunts were underway Monday in Ohio and North Carolina after prisoners [escaped](http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/28/us/ohio-north-carolina-prison-escapes/index.html "undefined") from correctional institutions in those states. John Modie, a 58-year-old convicted murderer, broke out of the Hocking Unit of the Southeastern Correctional Complex in Nelsonville, Ohio, CNN reports. He was discovered to be missing at 11 p.m. on Sunday and his disappearance prompted the local Hocking College to take special security measures. In Edenton, North Carolina, convicted 26-year-old kidnapper Kelvin Singleton escaped from the Chowan County Detention Facility around 4 p.m. on Sunday, threatening a corrections officer with a sharpened toothbrush. Officials in both states are searching for the men and urging those who may encounter them to exercise caution and inform the authorities of any information that may help in their capture. \[[CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/28/us/ohio-north-carolina-prison-escapes/index.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4274560/2-separate-prison-escapes-ohio-north-carolina/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4274560/2-separate-prison-escapes-ohio-north-carolina/"},"headline":"Separate Prison Escapes Prompt Manhunts in Ohio and North Carolina","datePublished":"2016-03-29T00:23:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:16:55.527Z","description":"A murderer and a kidnapper are on the loose","url":"https://time.com/4274560/2-separate-prison-escapes-ohio-north-carolina/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0126d27bcffe83c/69888cd45f570fedcbb203c2/john-modie-large.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0126d27bcffe83c/69888cd45f570fedcbb203c2/john-modie-large.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"john-modie-large","caption":"John Modie was missing from the Hocking Unit of the Southeastern Correctional Complex in Nelsonville, Ohio.","creditText":"Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4274560/2-separate-prison-escapes-ohio-north-carolina/","name":"Separate Prison Escapes Prompt Manhunts in Ohio and North Carolina"}}]}] ```