MMA fighter who escaped prison van denies killings

CONROE, Texas (AP) — An MMA fighter facing murder charges who was recaptured after escaping from a prison van says he had “nothing to do with” two bodies found in a shallow grave in Oklahoma last month.
Cedric Marks told TV station KPRC2 during a Thursday video call from a Texas jail that he’s not guilty of killing Jenna Scott and Michael Swearingin.
Marks says police “coerced” a witness against him and that he “was not trying to escape” Sunday whe