Inmate located after escape from cleaning crew

Savage found after approx. four hours of searching

Teresa Simpson, Whitman County Gazette | Aug 22, 20240

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Savage has his mugshot taken during booking Mar. 15, 2024

COLFAX - An escaped Idaho inmate waived his rights to extradition during Whitman County Superior Court Friday, Aug. 16, and was taken back into Idaho Department of Corrections Custody.

Wayland Savage, 34, was booked into Whitman County Jail on Tuesday, Aug. 13, for charges of first-degree escape.

According to reports, Aug. 13, Savage walked off the University of Idaho campus from Theophilus Tower around 4:40 p.m., while working on prison-staffed cleaning crew.

Moscow Police, Pullman Police and Whitman County Regional SWAT searched the University of Idaho campus and Theophilus Tower through the...