Double homicide fugitive from Missouri captured in Waynesboro

By Paul Keane

The Wayne County News

A fugitive from justice in Missouri was apprehended on Monday morning in 
Waynesboro.

Jeffrey Allen Garrett, 40, was apprehended at the Budget Inn in 
Waynesboro. He was wanted on warrants involving a double homicide and 
two counts of criminal activity. When officers and deputies arrived at 
the scene, he refused to come out of his motel room but eventually 
surrendered to officials without incident.

According to Waynesboro Police Department Investigations Commander Don 
Hopkins, Garrett fled from Greene County, Mo. in the Springfield area 
after he fled that area.

"The Springfield Police Department learned that he was in the area and 
sent us copies of the arrest warrants," Hopkins said. "The U.S. 
Marshal's Department was also looking for him and told our department to 
go ahead and apprehend him.

"We located him and he wouldn't come out at first. He was finally taken 
into custody with no forceful action needed to be taken."

Hopkins said he Garrett is also facing fugitive from justice charges in 
Missouri and is expected to be extradited to that state as soon as 
possible.

The investigator said Garrett and a female identified as his girlfriend 
had arrived in the area last week.

"They had been here at the Budget Inn for about a week," Hopkins said. 
"He had his girlfriend with him and she said they drove down here to 
visit some relatives of his.

"Those relatives apparently took the vehicle --- and anything inside the 
vehicle --- and it has not been located yet."

Both the WPD and Wayne County Sheriff's Office worked the case together, 
Hopkins said.