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Escaped Wisconsin inmate found hiding in baby crib in Illinois

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A minimum-security inmate that escaped from a Milwaukee facility has been found in Illinois, police say.

Steger Police located 27-year-old Trezelle Bishop at an acquaintance's home in the village of Steger after being advised by a Will County dispatch center about the ongoing contact.

While searching the premises of the acquaintance's home, Bishop was found hiding in a bedroom in a baby's crib.

The inmate was taken back into custody and is awaiting extradition back to Wisconsin.

Bishop had been missing from Felmers O. Chaney Correctional Center since early Friday.

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