Press Release

On Sunday the 5th of June 2022 at approximately 01:37 P.M. the Wallace County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a missing vehicle in the 400 block of North Gardner Street in Sharon Springs. A local search for the missing vehicle was begun. The Wallace County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a suspicious red or maroon colored GMC Yukon that had been driving around Sharon Springs earlier that day and that it was now parked north of the 27-40 Store in front of the Welding Shop.

When the license plate was ran it came back as being stolen out of Saline County Kansas. When the Saline County Sheriff’s office was contacted they stated that the person believed to have stolen the GMC Yukon was an escaped inmate out of Missouri.

Wallace County Deputies were able to get video evidence of a male and female associated with the GMC Yukon and confirmed the male was Christopher Allen Blevins who had escaped from the Barry County Jail on the morning of 06-03-2022. Wallace County Deputies then contacted the Barry County Jail in Missouri and were told that Christopher Allen Blevins had escaped with two other males, but that the U.S. Marshal's service were actively seeking the three escapees. The U.S. Marshal's service had reason to believe the three inmates had separated immediately after their escape as they had tracked one escapee to Arkansas and the other was still located in Missouri.

The Wallace County Sheriff’s Office was given the identity of the female party who was with Christopher Allen Blevins. The U.S. Marshal's service believes the couple headed to Colorado as soon as they left Sharon Springs. The Wallace County Sheriff’s Office is seeking arrest warrants for the couple for the theft of the Wallace County Vehicle, as of 06-08-2022 this vehicle had not been recovered.

The reports in the Wichita news agencies while somewhat correct are mostly inaccurate. In speaking with the U.S. Marshal's service, they do not believe the other two inmates were ever in Kansas. They're working to get them apprehended again as soon as possible. The U.S. Marshal's service is also actively searching for another felony fugitive out of Wallace County Kansas that is not associated with this case.

Marshall Ray Unruh

Sheriff Wallace County Kansas