Escaped prisoner Avelino Avila Tomas continued to elude police last night since breaking out of his Harbour Island jail cell on Sunday night.
His wife Melisa Avila (nee Pinder) was taken into police, custody for questioning on Tuesday when around 10 police officers confronted her at the Islander Shop on Spanish wells where she works.
Sources say Mrs Avila and her family were told she would be taken from Spanish Wells to Harbour Island police station, but she was taken to Governor’s Harbour police station on mainland Eleuthera instead.
Relatives say they were denied access to see or speak to her yesterday, and they say they were not clear about the grounds on which she had been held. Late last night she was apparently released without charge.
Lawyer Damien Gomez and another attorney were said to be assisting Mrs Avila.
Her Cuban husband had been arrested at their Spanish Wells home on Saturday afternoon when police officers went to question him in connection with a suspected arson attack on a barge early that morning.
Source: The Tribune
