Inmate wrote letter before escape attempt

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. – Authorities say an inmate who killed two bailiffs during a July 11 escape attempt from a southwestern Michigan courthouse wrote a letter to his ex-wife explaining he was “going on the run” or would “die trying.” Details of the letter by 44-year-old Larry Darnell Gordon, as well as video and audio from courthouse cameras were revealed Friday during a news conference in Benton Harbor. The letter was found after a search of the Berrien County Jail unit where Gordon was housed. Gordon was facing possible life in prison on rape and kidnapping charges involving a 17-year-old girl.