Cedric Marks, a MMA veteran charged with murder, escapes from a prisoner van in Texas and is captured a few hours later today. hui

An MMA veteran facing three counts of pending murder spent hours in Texas on Sunday after escaping from a prisoner transport van arrested in a McDonald's & # 39; # 39; s. Authorities captured Cedric Joseph Marks following a nine-hour manhunt that lasted throughout the afternoon. Scott Spencer of Conroe Police Department, Texas, tweeted the new Sunday night.

Marks, 44, was transported from Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Bell County, Texas, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office. He was wanted for interrogation following a burglary with the intention of committing another crime. He is also facing murder warrants, although the authorities have not identified all the victims. The Houston Chronicle reported that one victim was Marks' former girlfriend, who met him on Tinder and had received a prescription for not doing so against him.

Cedric Marks.

Montgomery County Sheriff's Office

Police said Marks was with nine other prisoners and two guards in a van headed by Texas Prisoner Transport Services, a private company. He had escaped in the morning while the van was in a McDonald's of Conroe, about 40 km north of Houston, and that he had been seen for the last time wearing clothes. 39, an orange combination and several pieces of constraint.

They had warned the public that it should be considered "extremely dangerous".

Marks was once a professional MMA fighter nicknamed "Spiderman". His most recent fight dates back to September 2018, according to the MMA Tapology website. He also worked as a coach at a gym in Killeen, Texas, several years ago.