Escaped Murderer, Guard Are Captured

VICTORIA, Texas - A convicted murderer and the Missouri prison guard who allegedly helped him escape were awaiting extradition yesterday after a tip to "America's Most Wanted" led investigators to their trailer-park hideout.

Terry Banks, 26, and Lynette Barnett, 27, had not been seen since Oct. 29 when Banks, who was serving a life sentence for a 1992 murder, walked out of the maximum-security Crossroads Correctional Center in Cameron, Mo., wearing a prison-guard's uniform.

The pair surrendered peacefully in a trailer park on the outskirts of Victoria about 7:30 a.m. yesterday, officials said. They briefly barricaded themselves inside a recreational vehicle, according to the FBI.

Banks faces state and federal escape charges.

Barnett faces a Missouri charge of aiding Banks' escape and a federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. Those charges carry sentences of two to five years in prison.