A prisoner who escaped during his mother鈥檚 funeral on Vancouver Island has finally been caught.
David Enease Blackmore, missing after he in Port Alberni earlier this week, is back in custody.
Blackmore escaped custody of correctional facility staff on Aug. 1 while attending a funeral for his mother, and has been at large ever since.
Port Alberni RCMP located and arrested him 鈥渨ithout incident鈥� at 8:40 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 4, according to RCMP Staff Sgt. David Paddock. No other details about Blackmore鈥檚 location were released.
