A teenager accused of killing his mother escapes from California jail

This undated photo published by the County Sheriff's Department of Orange shows Ike Souzer, a 15-year-old teenager accused of killing his mother who escaped from a southern prison from California. Probation officials claimed that Souzer had escaped from the Orange County Miners' Palace and had crossed a perimeter fence just after midnight on Friday, April 12, 2019. The teenager of 6 feet and 200 pounds wore red pants and a white shirt. leg. (Orange County Sheriff's Department via AP)

ORANGE, California – Dozens of law enforcement officials on Friday hunted a 15-year-old boy in the midst of a murder trial in which his mother was murdered while escaping from a prison in Nairobi. Southern California.

Ike Souzer escaped Orange County Juvenile Hall and broke through a perimeter barrier just after midnight, said sheriff captain Mike Peters.

The 200-meter-tall young man wore red pants and a white shirt and could have an injured leg, Peters added, adding that the surveillance footage showed that Souzer was tending to an apparent injury after his escape.

Peters said that about sixty law enforcement officers were looking for Souzer. He said there was no evidence that Souzer was armed but urged the public to call 911 when he thought he had spotted.

Souzer has been in police custody since the age of 13. He was arrested while he was suspected of having stabbed his mother, Barbra Scheuer-Souzer, 48, deadly. His escape took place in the middle of Souzer's trial, said Kimberly Edds, spokesman for the prosecutor's office.

Steve Sentman, probation officer for the county, refused to divulge too much details about the escape, citing security reasons, but said that Souzer had come out of a locked room before he could cross the perimeter fence of the prison.

He said that it was the first escape from the installation of 434 beds for at least two decades and that an investigation was ongoing on how that had happened.

A page from Gofundme for Scheuer-Souzer says that she was so adept at helping her autistic son that she went back to school to help others with this disease. She says she was about to graduate from the University of California Los Angeles.

"Thanks to her unconditional love and commitment, she helped her son transition from a non-verbal status to a verbal status," according to the page. "His goal was to help his son and the autistic community by giving back and serving the needs of others."

Scheuer-Souzer had three other children and three grandchildren.