He was so drunk one night in March 1990, Stacy Huggins didn’t remember killing a man with a single shot to the head, according to Fulton County court documents.
Huggins pleaded guilty to murder three months later and was sentenced to life in prison. But for the past five days, he’s been a free man, the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office confirmed.
On Tuesday afternoon, investigators let the public know Huggins remains on the run.
The Augusta Transitional Center inmate reported to work at Bolivia Lumber in Hephzibah, the sheriff’s office said. Transitional centers provide Georgia inmates who meet certain criteria with a work-release program, helping them gain skills and readjust to the world outside of prison.
“It was then reported that sometime during the day, Stacy Huggins left his work site on foot in an unknown direction and never returned to the site,” the sheriff’s office said.
“The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office in conjunction with the Georgia Department of Corrections are actively searching for Huggins.”
It’s not known where Huggins may have been heading, according to investigators, but he has ties to Atlanta.
“Your honor, I do believe that I shot this man, and was heavily intoxicated. I do have a drinking problem and know it was wrong,” Huggins told the judge, the plea transcript states. “… And if it hadn’t been for that, (I) don’t think any of this incident would have happened.”
Huggins apologized to the victim’s family before being sentenced. He began serving time in state prison July 19, 1990, and was not eligible for parole, according to the department of corrections.
Anyone with information on Huggins’ whereabouts is asked to call the Richmond sheriff’s office at 706-821-1020 or dial 911.
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