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Escaped on field trip in Washington.

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Spokane County Sheriff's Office

The county fair is safe again. A schizophrenic killer who escaped in Washington state during a field trip to the county fair has been recaptured, authorities say. Phillip Paul, who confessed to killing an elderly woman because "voices" told him to, was the subject of a massive manhunt after he slipped away on Thursday. Paul also briefly escaped in 1991, when he injured the same police officer who recaptured him on Sunday. Paul was committed to a mental institution after he confessed to the murder in 1987. Authorities worried his medication would wear off and he would become dangerous if he wasn't captured soon.

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