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How Did Andy Dufresne Escape From Prison

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Last night, former Portland banker, Andy Dufresne, an allegedly innocent man accused of murdering his wife and her lover successfully planned and executed and elaborate escape from maximum security Shawshank State Penitentiary via underground tunnels. Outsmarting prisons guards and the Warden, Dufresne tunneled his way to freedom. Andy Dufresne, from Portland, Maine, was serving two consecutive life sentences after being erroneously convicted of double murder of his wife and her lover 20 years ago, since 1947. Corrections authorities have confirmed that Dufresne, was found missing from his jail cell this morning. Guards claim Mr. Dufresne had simply “disappeared.”

Corrections chief, Hank Williams, leader of the investigation, told the Daily Bugal that it was believed Dufresne had been digging a tunnel concealed by a Raquel Welch poster for 20 years. Dufresne was said to have escaped through this man-made tunnel, crawling 500 yards through the prisons sewerage system to freedom. The tunnel a mere 19 inches in diameter ran from inside Dufresne’s jail cell, it is understood that the tunnel used to escape lead to the prisons existing sewerage system, which is believed to be about 500 yards long and in close proximity to the …show more content…

Despite his circumstances, Andy remained a positive influence on Shawshank Prison, never complaining. Former inmates recounted Dufresne’s kindred spirit and good deeds, including the creation of the Brooks Hatlen Memorial Library, the finest in the state, and aiding in the education of the previously uneducated prison mates. With the escape of Dufresne, prison inmates say that they have lost a valued friend. “He always had a quiet way about him, a walk and a talk that just wasn’t normal around here. He strolled, like a man in a park without a care of a worry in the

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