BEN HILL COUNTY, Ga. -- A manhunt is over for an inmate who escaped from a Georgia jail.
Authorities found 28-year-old Earnest Holcomb after the Sheriff's Department said he escaped from the Ben Hill County Jail late Wednesday afternoon.
Deputies found him hiding under a house in Ocilla, Ga. and he was taken back into custody.
Holcomb is one of seven suspects accused of killing lottery winner Craigory Burch during a home invasion on January 20. Burch went public about winning a lottery jackpot worth more than $400,000. Investigators believe the group was after his money.
All seven were charged with malice murder, armed robbery, aggravated assault, possession of firearm during the commission of the crime, according to WALB-TV.
Craigory Burch Jr. matched all five numbers from the Nov. 29 Fantasy 5 drawing, winning the $434,272 jackpot. He purchased the winning ticket at H&R Food Mart at 1507 Watson Blvd. in Warner Robins.
WALB reports, Holcomb was last seen in the jail around 3:20 p.m. Wednesday and likely escaped after 5:00 p.m. when he got onto the jail's roof and jumped off. Sheriff Bobby McLemore says no surveillance video shows how Holcomb got on the roof, but deputies found his pink jumpsuit there.
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