In the early morning hours of June 22, 2000, a jailbreak attempt at the Randolph County Jail in Huntsville, Missouri, ended in deadly violence. At about 12:45 a.m. a man and a woman were admitted through the night buzzer; once inside the lobby they opened fire on two unarmed officers on duty. Jail Supervisor Leon Earl Egley, 33, and Deputy Jason Acton were shot. Acton died at the scene; Egley was shot multiple times after trying to stop one of the attackers.

The assailants, identified as Michael A. Tisius and Tracie Bulington, were attempting to free inmate Roy Vance. Tisius grabbed keys and tried to open Vance’s cell but was unsuccessful. After the shooting the pair fled; they were captured later the same day in Kansas. The incident prompted the jail to install barriers and video surveillance to improve staff safety.

Did anyone in the Huntsville area witness the visitors arriving at the jail or see the pair leave after the shooting?