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b"Episode 280: In the early morning hours of July 8, 2019, Vancouver Island RCMP launched a manhunt for two inmates who had escaped from William Head, a minimum security federal institution in Metchosin, south of Victoria. The two men, James Lee Busch and Zachary Armitage had walked away from William Head the day before. The fugitives were arrested on July 9 after an off-duty RCMP officer spotted them in Esquimalt. On July 12, RCMP found the body of 60-year-old Martin Keith Payne, who had not shown up for work, at his home on Brookview Drive, in the community of Metchosin.\\nPayne's suspicious death initiated an 11-month investigation led by the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit, involving several police agencies. On June 12, 2020, an RCMP news release reported that the escapees, Busch and Armitage, had been charged with first-degree murder concerning Martin Payne\\u2019s death.\\nThis event sparked serious debate about the decision-making process that led to these two individuals, both with histories of violent crime, being housed in a minimum-security facility. How had they simply walked away from their incarceration to murder Martin Payne?\\nSources:\\nRCMP in British Columbia - Two men arrested and charged in the 2019 Martin Payne homicide investigation\\nMetchosin\\nThe behind-the-scenes story of how ignored warnings at William Head allowed a killer to escape\\nWilliam Head Rd \\xb7 Metchosin, BC\\nCorrectional Service on Twitter\\nThe Province 09 Jul 2019, page A13\\nArchive.org | CAPTURED - Prisoners who escaped from William Head Institution now in police custody\\nArchive.org | Suspicious Death Investigation Continues in Metchosin\\nArchive.org | Persons of interest identified in the murder of Martin Payne\\nVictim died of multiple stab wounds and blunt force injuries, murder trial hears\\nWoman sentenced for role in murder | CBC News\\nMetchosin seeks permission to use emergency alerts for prison breaks\\nGlobe and Mail | Inmate tells B.C. court he \\u2018felt like dying\\u2019 while in solitary confinement\\nLoved ones remember joyous Metchosin man as his killer is sentenced\\nFamily of murdered Metchosin man speaks as killer sentenced to life in prison\\nPaul Bernardo transfer to a medium-security prison was \\u2018sound\\u2019: review - National\\nCSC staff \\u2018worried the circus would begin\\u2019 before Bernardo transfer: emails - National\\n\\u2018My father could have been anyone\\u2019: Daughters of murder victim speak out\\nJuly marks 4 years since inmates escaped William Head prison, murdered Metchosin man\\n2019 BCPC 311 (CanLII) | R. v. Armitage | CanLII\\n2022 BCSC 1407 (CanLII) | R. v Armitage & Busch | CanLII\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"