SPRINGVILLE, Ala. –  An inmate who escaped from the St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville on Wednesday, Jan. 23 was recaptured in Kentucky on Jan. 26 without incident.

Corey Aris Davis, 30, was reported missing from his cell during a security check at 8 p.m.  on Jan. 23. Prison officials reported that Davis was assigned to a work detail inside the prison on Wednesday and was seen by staff and other inmates during the day. 

After an extensive search and working with local and state law enforcement and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, Davis was brought into custody with the help of investigations and Intelligence Agents with the Alabama Department of Corrections, US Marshalls and Bowling Green Police Department.

Davis was sentenced to two life sentences in 2017 for a human trafficking conviction in Lauderdale County.  He had charges of sexually molesting three women, including sexual torture, first-degree human trafficking, second-degree human trafficking, first-degree kidnapping, second-degree kidnapping, first-degree sexual abuse, impersonating a police officer, two counts of first-degree rape, two counts of first-degree sodomy, and two counts of first-degree burglary. He pled guilty to two counts of human trafficking and was sentenced to two life sentences beginning Dec. 2017.

The Alabama Department of Corrections released details of Davis’ escape. According to a preliminary investigation, Davis hid inside a trailer used to transport furniture from the facility.

Prison officials confirmed Davis concealed himself inside the trailer sometime while he was working in the facility’s furniture plant that is managed by the Alabama Correctional Industries (ACI).  At approximately 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, the trailer left the facility and was taken directly to the ACI facility in Montgomery.  

Investigators found evidence that confirmed Davis had been inside the trailer and concealed inside an item of furniture. The evidence also showed that Davis exited the trailer sometime after it was parked at the ACI facility according to investigators. 

The ADOC has identified three inmate suspects at the prison who assisted Davis in his escape.  Their identities are not being released at this time. In addition to the recapture efforts and determining the details of the escape, the ADOC is working to identify how Davis was able to gain access to the trailer without being observed by prison officials, and why he was not reported missing until a security check at 8 p.m. Wednesday.