A suburban wife and mother who has been living in Carmel Valley was in custody Wednesday, thirty-two years after escaping from a Detroit prison. Marie Walsh of Carmel Valley was known as Susan Lefevre in 1975 when she was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison for conspiracy and violation of drug laws. Walsh had escaped with the help of her grandfather after serving only one year in prison.
Deputy U.S. Marshals arrested the 53-year-old mother of three Thursday after the Michigan Department of Corrections Absconder Recovery Unit received an anonymous tip on her whereabouts in late March.
Walsh has lived in Carmel Valley for the past 10 years. Authorities said she was leading a normal life in a San Diego suburb, living in a nice house in an affluent neighborhood.
Walsh was booked into Las Colinas county jail, where she is awaiting extradition to Michigan to serve the rest of her sentence.
Another dangerous affluent suburban mother of three off the streets and in jail where she belongs.
John M. Hanamirian
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