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Inmate escapee after Missouri State Fair caught

UPDATE: Authorities say Shannon Watts was found unconscious with apparent head injuries between Sedalia and Green Ridge late Monday night.

ORIGINAL STORY: Authorities are looking for an inmate who escaped from a crew that was helping to clean up after the Missouri State Fair came to an end for the year.

Missouri Department of Corrections spokesman Karen Pojmann says 34-year-old Shannon Dewayne Watts, of Springfield, was reported missing around 12:45 a.m. Monday when he didn’t return to a van to return to the Tipton Correctional Center.

He was serving a 15-year sentence there for charges that included burglary.

Authorities are warning everyone in the area to be on the lookout for Watts and to secure your belongings.

(This story was last updated at 9:33 a.m. Tuesday.)

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