Not surprisingly, the saga of the fugitive couple has dominated local news the last couple days. Roane County isn’t far from here; one of my bike rides goes from Farragut (West Knoxville) to the southeast corner of Roane.
[I was amused to hear one of the CNN guys refer to Roane as being “in the extreme eastern” corner of the state; there’s over 100 miles of Tennessee east of Roane.]
Anyway, the capture of the fugitives illustrates once again that you don’t have to be very bright to be a criminal. Note that if you are trying to elude capture by law enforcement, it’s probably not a good idea to: (1) take a 100+ mile taxi ride; or (2) check into two hotels within a few hundred miles of the crime scene, when all the cable news channels are repeatedly showing your picture.
Of course you also have to question the mental soundness of someone who marries an inmate. But that’s a separate issue.