U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced the capture of Orville Andrew Pernell, a 32-year-old Jamaican fugitive wanted for murder, who had previously escaped custody twice in the Caribbean. Pernell was apprehended in Savannah, Georgia, following an extensive investigation and multinational manhunt conducted by ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
Pernell is accused of committing a brutal murder in St. Lucia in 2020 and had been a fugitive for several years. He initially escaped from custody in St. Lucia during his murder trial and fled to Jamaica. In 2021, he was arrested in Jamaica but managed to escape custody there as well. Pernell was encountered by U.S. Border Patrol agents on December 7, 2022, near San Ysidro, California, after attempting to enter the United States using a fake identity. He was paroled into the country and given a notice to appear.