Karen McPherson, serving a life sentence in the 1991 kidnapping of a young Jasper lawyer, briefly escaped work release Monday morning but was quickly recaptured. McPherson, 63, was convicted in ...

Karen McPherson was serving time for the first-degree kidnapping of Jasper lawyer Carrie Lawson from her home in 1991. McPherson was last seen leaving the McDonald’s on Medford Drive in Hoover ...

McPherson has been serving a life sentence ever since. In 2022, her parole was denied. Her escape on Monday serves as a ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala (WDHN) – Karen McPherson, who is serving a life sentence for the 1991 kidnapping of a young Jasper lawyer, briefly escaped during a work release on Monday morning but was quickly ...