The Discovered truth about the Prisoners who Murdered a British Army, Major David Nichols on his way to the U.S since 1996

Michael Thompson and Roger Yaden, two escaped Alabama prisoners with histories of violent crime and repeated prison breaks, launched a cross-country flight in 1996, stealing vehicles, impersonating law enforcement officers, abducting paramedic Bob Courtney, and terrorising innocent people along the way. Their escape led to the disappearance and murder of British Army Major David Nichols, a husband and father of three who was travelling to the United States for military language training; his rental car was discovered submerged in an Indiana lake, while personal belongings, vehicle records, witness accounts, and investigative leads eventually connected the fugitives to his abduction and death in New Mexico. Both men were captured, prosecuted, and given lengthy prison sentences, although their accounts differed over who fired the fatal shots, and Yaden later escaped custody again before being recaptured; the case exposed serious failures in prisoner supervision, the dangers of misplaced trust, and the importance of interstate cooperation in bringing violent fugitives to justice.





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