Norman A. Porter
 

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Porter was awaiting trial on charges of murder and robbery at Middlesex County Jail, Cambridge, MA. On May 14, 1961, Porter escaped from the jail killing Superintendent David Robinson. Porter was apprehended a week after the escape in Keene, NH while he was in the process of robbing a grocery store. Porter pled guilty to the Jailer's murder, and was sentenced to a 2nd Degree Life sentence. In September of 1985, Porter was transferred to Norfolk Pre-Release Center, a minimum security and work-release facility located 35 miles southwest of Boston. Porter worked as a maintenance cadre/trustee on the prison grounds, and on December 21, 1985 after serving 26 years in prison, Porter escaped from Massachusetts Department of Correction custody by walking away from the facility. Porter has been on the Massachusetts State Police top twelve most wanted list since his escape