EEEKKKK! How'd this happen?

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Prison Escapee Poses As Registered Nurse For 21 Years

KMBC TheKansasCityChannel

A convicted rapist who escaped from prison more than 20 years ago was caught Tuesday posing as a registered nurse in the area, KMBC's Lara Moritz reported.

Willis Taylor escaped from a Michigan prison in 1982, four years into his 10-year sentence for aggravated rape. FBI (news - web sites) agents said Taylor stole the identity of a man named Kevin Michael Morrisroe, posed as a registered nurse and was hired by Starmed Staffing Group in Overland Park, Kan. In recent years, Taylor took care of patients in several area hospitals.

"He may have been working for a temporary service -- in other words, filling in at various hospitals. We'll look at those records as well," said FBI spokesman Jeff Lanza

Court records show Taylor obtained a nursing license in Kansas and Missouri in 1998. Both states renewed his license in 2002.

FBI agents arrested Taylor as he was going to work at a Topeka medical center. He will most likely end up back in Michigan, finishing his 1978 rape sentence, but FBI agents said the case is far from over.

"An escaped convict for 21 years to have a warrant hanging over his head -- it's truly unbelievable," Lanza said.

As far as the FBI knows, Taylor did not harm anyone in the 21 years he posed as a registered nurse.

A federal judge ordered Taylor to remain in jail without bond.

jnette, ASN, EMT-I

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:eek: WOW. Double wow. Makes ya wonder, eh?

Certainly does make me wonder. Now I'm wondering if he belonged to allnurses? Then it makes me wonder WHO? I swear, it's not me. :chuckle

jnette, ASN, EMT-I

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Specializes in Hemodialysis, Home Health.
Originally posted by Shamrock

Certainly does make me wonder. Now I'm wondering if he belonged to allnurses? Then it makes me wonder WHO? I swear, it's not me. :chuckle

:rotfl: Now I'd have never even thought of that !!! Will you be able to sleep tonight wondering "WHO" ? :rotfl:

Probably not. But, I have noticed that YOU change your picture alot. Hmmmmmm.... :rotfl:

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