Today is Monday, January 24th, 2022.

On this day in 2001, the final members of the Texas 7,

a group of violent prison escapees, surrendered peacefully to authorities in Colorado.

Welcome to Today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parcast.

Due to the graphic nature of today's crimes, listener discretion is advised.

This episode features discussions of violence, murder, and suicide. Extreme caution is advised for listeners under 13. Today we're covering the surrender of two members of the Texas

7. Now let's go back to January 24, 2001, at a Holiday Inn in Colorado Springs.

As the seconds ticked past midnight on the morning of January 24th, a tense phone negotiation ensued.

On one side was a team of Colorado Springs police officers

and FBI negotiators. They'd set up camp just outside a Holiday Inn not far from downtown

Colorado Springs. On the other side were two fugitives. Both in their late 30s, Donald Newberry and Patrick Murphy were the final remaining

members of the so-called Texas 7. The group was infamous for pulling off the biggest prison break

from a Texas state prison at that time. The criminals had all been on the run for over a month

before they were discovered in Colorado.

On that early morning, Newberry and Murphy were holed up inside room 426 of a Holiday Inn.

The men had a shotgun and were prepared to make their last stand.

For five hours that night, the police

tried to convince Newberry and Murphy to surrender. They knew the fugitives had at least one weapon.

Swat-Sniper surrounded the hotel with fingers on their triggers. One move could spark chaos.

Luckily for the negotiators, the fugitives had a single request.

They wanted to make a statement on national television.

Specifically, they wanted to appear on MSMBC.

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