Officials searching for Oktibbeha County Jail escapee
Dec. 4—STARKVILLE — Authorities on Monday afternoon were still searching for an inmate who walked out of the Oktibbeha County Jail the previous night.
William Strohm, 47, of Memphis, Tennessee, was a trusty working in the jail kitchen when he walked out Sunday Dec. 3 at 8:40 p.m. He was last seen running northbound on Jackson Street at Martin Luther King Drive (Highway 182).
Strohm is a white male, 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighing around 190 pounds. He was last seen wearing light-colored pants — possibly khaki — a white T-shirt and a dark colored coat with orange interior.
Strohm was in the county jail serving a one-year sentence after being revoked on a previous burglary charge.
Anyone with information on Strohm's whereabouts is asked to call 911, the Oktibbeha County Sheriff's Department at 662-323-2421, or the Starkville Police Department at 662-323-4131.
