The Brazoria County Sheriff's Office says Robert Yancy Jr. has been captured in Matagorda County. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice had been searching for Yancy, who escaped from a prison in Brazoria County yesterday
Robert Yancy Jr. was serving a life sentence without parole for Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child out of Victoria County.
The arrest comes after two other people were taken into custody last night. One of those people may be Yancy's mother.