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Poet's Identity Revealed to Be Escaped Killer Nearly 20 years ago, a convicted double-murderer escaped from prison, moved to a new city, and assumed a fictional identity. He became a published poet and a beloved member of the city's poetry community. Now, he's been arrested in Chicago. NPR's Michele Norris talks to Lisa Donovan from the Chicago Sun-Times about the man known as poet J. J. Jameson.

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Nearly 20 years ago, a convicted double-murderer escaped from prison, moved to a new city, and assumed a fictional identity. He became a published poet and a beloved member of the city's poetry community. Now, he's been arrested in Chicago. NPR's Michele Norris talks to Lisa Donovan from the Chicago Sun-Times about the man known as poet J. J. Jameson.