Hart, then 23 years old, was serving a 25 – 35 year sentence for assault with intent to rob while armed after she and her boyfriend fatally shot a World War II veteran after a botched robbery attempt. She has been on the run since.

Today, the Wexford County Sheriff’s Department, working on information developed by the U.S. Marshals led, DFAT Task Force, arrested Hart after she identified herself to officers using a bogus driver’s license in the name of Carrie Lynn Fox. Hart initially denied her true identity, but on the way to the Sheriff’s Office to be fingerprinted, she confessed her identity stating “I am too old to fight, I’m tired of running.”

Hart was living in the small community of Manton, Michigan, with her spouse. It is unclear as to whether or not her husband knew she was a fugitive. It is believed that she traveled to Florida with her children after the escape and began a new life, obtaining a fraudulent Social Security Card. Over the next 38 years, she is believed to have lived in several states including Nevada and North Carolina. In 2003, she and her husband settled in the small town of Manton, residing there since.

Hart will be immediately returned to a Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) Facility to finish serving her sentence and will be arraigned on the escape charge at a date and time to be determined.

U.S. Marshal Robert Grubbs stated “This arrest once again demonstrates that the key to success is cooperation … Federal, State and Local. Even after 38 years, the victim’s family has finally been able to get some closure, at least as far as this fugitive is concerned.”

Annually, investigations carried out by the U.S. Marshals results in the apprehension of approximately 34,000 Federal fugitives. More Federal fugitives are arrested by the Marshals than all other Federal Agencies combined.