U.S. Marshals release renderings of Alcatraz escapees 60 years later

The U.S. Marshals Service has released age-progressed images of three men who escaped the notorious Alcatraz prison more than 60 years ago.

Frank Morris as well as brothers Clarence and John Anglin busted out of the now-shuttered island prison in San Francisco Bay on June 11, 1962. That morning, prison guards conducting rounds discovered the trio were missing from their beds, according to the Los Angeles Times. They’d been replaced by dummy heads made of plaster and human hair, each of them appearing real enough to trick the night guards.

Frank Morris is seen as he appeared when he escaped Alcatraz in 1962, and a digitally-aged version created in 2022.

During the escape, the men crawled through a shaft they carved into a utility corridor and then onto the prison roof. From there, they climbed down a drain pipe, hopped a pair of barbed wire fences and went into the water, where they boarded boats they fashioned out of old-school raincoats. Authorities believe they spent 18 months planning and preparing for the breakout, digging through walls with tools they stole and stashed in a space above their cells.

All three men were serving sentences for bank robberies at the notorious prison facility, once home to other high-profile criminals like Al Capone and George “Machine Gun” Kelly.

They’d known each other from previous stints behind bars.

Clarence Anglin as he appeared when he escaped Alcatraz in 1962, and a digitally-aged version created in 2022.

While some believe the men drowned in the waters surrounding the prison, The U.S. Marshals Service remains committed to capturing the men, should they still be alive. They’d all be in their 90s now.

“The ongoing U.S. Marshals investigation of the 1962 escape from Alcatraz federal prison serves as a warning to fugitives,” the agency said in a statement. “That regardless of time, we will continue to look for you and bring you to justice.”

John William Anglin as he appeared when he escaped Alcatraz in 1962, and a digitally-aged version created in 2022.

Amid the decades-long hunt for the missing men, authorities have uncovered some evidence that suggests they survived the escape. In 2011, a raft may have been recovered near Alcatraz on Angel Island the day after the breakout, and a car was stolen the night of the jailbreak, according to Mike Dyke of the U.S. Marshals Service.

“They came across an oar, a paddle, right off the coast, about 50 yards from the shore of Angel Island,’ he told CBS News. “They determined the oar was made on Alcatraz.”