A Former Inmate
A man by the name of Thomas Kent got in touch with America’s Most Wanted, a television program, in 1993 and made some interesting claims. He claimed to have been a prisoner on Alcatraz Island and said that he was a part of the escape plan. He said that he didn’t join the others simply because he didn’t know how to swim.
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Kent also said that the plan was for Clarence’s girlfriend to meet them on shore and then drive them all to Mexico. This contradicted the story that Allen West had told about stealing a car from Angel Island. People were still skeptical about Kent’s account because they found out that he was paid to do the interview.