S1 | Ep. 3: Blood is Thicker Than Water

Have You Seen This Man?

ABC News

True Crime

4.2 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Lester Eubanks finds himself outside the prison walls. As he sets out to start his life on the run, he turns to a relative for shelter and support. And some people begin erecting barriers to avoid questions about Lester's disappearance -- an effort that persists to this day. Tell us what you think about this series with a rating and review: http://bit.ly/2O38DdC "Have You Seen This Man?" is produced by the award-winning ABC News Investigative Unit and ABC Audio, the makers of the #1-rated "The Dropout" and "A Killing on the Cape" podcasts as well as the award-winning daily news series "Start Here." For more: http://www.abcnewspodcasts.com and http://www.abcnews.com/thisman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Last time, Lester U-Banks was a dead man walking.
0:05.0	He had been on death row just three days from execution.
0:09.0	This one's story took a jagged, real crazy turn.
0:14.0	Rewarded for good behavior with a trip to the mall, he took his opening.
0:19.0	He was outside the prison walls unsupervised, and he walked away.
0:25.0	I was just astounded that this could actually happen.
0:28.0	It was Christmas in 1973, and Lester was free just days into a brand new life.
0:35.0	I'm Sunny Austin. From ABC News, this is Have You Seen This Man.
0:50.0	We have begun to retrace the steps of Lester U-Banks.
0:53.0	From the day he boarded a Greyhound bus headed for California.
0:57.0	And there was a question nagging it, those in charge of his man hunt.
1:02.0	When Lester set out, did he have help?
1:06.0	For that, we turn again to Matthew Mossett.
1:09.0	And what are we listening to?
1:12.0	We're listening to Daryl Banks.
1:19.0	Daryl was a largely undiscovered Motown singer in the 1960s and 70s
1:24.0	with some early hits that were climbing the charts.
1:28.0	He was a rising star.
1:30.0	But as Lester sat on death row in Ohio, Daryl ran into trouble in suburban Detroit.
1:37.0	During a fight over a girlfriend, he was shot in the neck and killed.
1:43.0	Daryl became part of Lester's story because he left behind a grieving wife.
1:50.0	And in her grief, she began writing to Lester in prison.
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