Escaped inmate had violent past; Accused in 2012 murder

BATON ROUGE - One of two men who managed to escape their work release job Thursday has a violent past that includes being connected to a murder in Louisiana's Cajun country, the WBRZ Investigative Unit learned. Elwood Billiot, 33, was serving time for domestic abuse battery charges when he went missing just after lunch. The story behind him initially arriving in the care of the work release program was not immediately known. But, WBRZ uncovered Billiot last ran from the law less than a year ago.