US Marshals have custody of Schrenker

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Fugitive Marcus Schrenker remains in the Tallahassee Memorial Hospital Wednesday morning, receiving treatment for what appears to have been self-inflicted wounds to the wrist and forearm of his left arm. He is still under the custody of U.S. Marshals at this time.

Schrenker was discovered at 10:00 p.m. Tuesday in a tent at the KOA campground near Quincy, Florida, in Gadsden County.

A Life Flight helicopter was directed into the campground to take Schrenker to the hospital.

Schrenker was arrested just hours after a judge issued warrants for his arrest. A coordinated effort by U.S. Marshals in Indiana, Alabama and Florida led task force, plus state and local authorities to the campground.

"I want to thank and congratulate all of the law enforcement personnel who worked so diligently to find Marcus Schrenker. His apprehension brings to an end one of the more inventive escape attempts I have ever seen," said Director John F. Clark of the U.S. Marshals Service. "Just as important is the fact that once our people found Schrenker, and realized what bad shape he was in, they were every bit as determined to save his life as they were to track him down."