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Sheriff: Escaped Florida murder suspect armed, has help

Investigators believe a Florida murder suspect who escaped from a courtroom is armed and has help.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Investigators believe a Florida murder suspect who escaped from a courtroom is armed and has help.

Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said Saturday his detectives have information that indicates Dayonte Resiles, 21, has obtained a weapon and is getting assistance. He said search warrants are being served, but Resilies could be anywhere.

Resiles escaped Friday from the Broward courthouse. He was awaiting a hearing when he somehow escaped his shackles, jumped a courtroom barrier and ran past bailiffs. He shed his jail jumpsuit and ran outside.

Resiles faces murder charges in the September 2014 killing of Jill Halliburton Su, grand-niece of Halliburton Co. founder Erie P. Halliburton. Her body was found, bound at the hands and feet and stabbed multiple times, in the bathtub of her home in Davie, Florida.

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