Having spent time in jail, Dorr asserted that although she continues to struggle with emotions of shame, she is proud to let go and move on. Everything about him, a testament to his character, unlike any other convicted killer Id met while volunteering at the prison. The two were found two weeks later in Tennessee in a cabin. I jumped at the opportunity when the local prison suggested that I lead a dog rehab program. I do think that John Maynard loved me to the best of his ability to love anybody at that time. Welcome back for the exciting conclusion of Toby's story about helping John Maynard escape from Lansing prison! But that sense of escape soon turned into a real escape when she broke him out of prison and they went on the run together. I NEVER manipulated her in the least! As per her Facebook, Toby completed the manuscript for this tale of escape and redemption in June 2019. John Maynard was someone who paid . According to LJ World, Manards attorney explained, What he meant by that was that it was worth it to him to serve an additional 130 months in prison for the brief period of time that he got to spend with Toby Young in his value system. Toby Young was married and managed a volunteer rehabilitative dog program at a Kansas prision when shebroke John Manard out after falling for him. In an upcoming interview on NBC's Dateline, Toby Dorr will share her story about helping convicted murderer John Manard escape from a federal prison in Kansas 15 years ago. In 2006, Toby Dorr, formerly Toby Young, made headlines after she helped convicted murderer John Manard escape from Kansas' Lansing Correctional Facility in a dog crate. officers soon acquired the address for the remote cabin the couple was using as their hideout. Dorr had been helping inmates train dogs to prepare them for adoption as part of a program she founded called Safe Harbor Prison Dogs. All Rights Reserved. Read more in our, In this 2018 photo, Toby Dorr, formerly Toby Young, poses for a photo in Kansas City, Mo. On top of his existing life sentence, he then faced new federal charges for his prison escape, and another 10 years were added to his sentence. The little girl in me knew to stay quiet, but her smile remained. . Maybe John was wearing his inmate hat and he was perceptive enough to notice a need in me and capitalized on it. Id like to be your next handler. I squinted one eye and shaded my other with my left hand. He shook my hand gently yet firmly. He offered his hand and with a deep drawl he announced, Im John Manard. Toby Dorr was also sentenced to serve 27 months in prison for her role in the aggravated escape and introducing contraband in the prison. Condemned men without worldly value brought dogs back from the brink of kill shelter inevitabilities. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. The program was a success -- saving 1,000 dogs in 18 months -- and Dorr, more or less, was given free run about the prison to administer the program. Dorr took out $42,000 from her retirement savings and bought a 1997 Chevy pickup as a getaway car, NY Daily News wrote. "She's given just a handful of speeches, but each time she's been met with a line of women coming up to her afterward, confessing their own secret desire to escape," writes Mooney. Our market was families across the country who clamored for Safe Harbor Prison dogs. It went off without a hitch, writes Michael Mooney in the Atlantic. Her husband also filed for divorce. Now she says she's a different person. Who knew that a year later that love would take no prisoners? Their successful offense, though, came with the death of Donald England, who was fired at once in the process. Toby Young met inmate John Manard while working at a Kansas prison and after the two fell in love, she helped him escape in a dog crate. Not until I experienced the harder side of prison bars did I realize that Id been in prison for a lifetime. Manard was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for unlawful possession of a firearm which was added to his state sentences for first-degree murder and jailbreak. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more. Where is John Michael Manard today? Would love your thoughts, please comment. It premieres July 2 on Lifetime. She added that he was quick to divorce her after she was caught and arrested. Socially engineered safeguards designed to prevent indiscretions only fanned the flames. Toby Dorr, who was Toby Young at the time, was married for 28 years and a mother-of-two when she fell in love with John Manard in prison. In 2006, 48-year-old Toby Dorr drove away from the gates of a prison in Lansing, Kansas, with dogs from her prison foster program loaded in the back of her van. Check out never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! Toby added that no one had ever asked her that question, not even her husband, stating that she was "really struggling with a lot of things.". But some people think Manard was as manipulative as serial killers like Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy. The article discusses further on her experiences, actions, and the consequences that came afterwards before NBC's Dateline episode. Recently, I learned about Vicky White, an Alabama corrections officer who helped an inmate escape and became a fugitive, and was struck by the parallels between our stories. Manard was soon assigned to escort her throughout the prison after she was confronted by a couple of inmates on one occasion and the two began spending hours together, according to the outlet. However, since Manard committed a felony that caused someones death, he was charged and convicted of first-degree murder. Dorr received a 27-month sentence, Manard got 10 years added to his life sentence, and Dorr is now happily remarried to someone else. He was smart," Young told the outlet. She helped pair rescued canines with inmates and took a liking to Maynard. She was Toby Young then, 48 years old, and in February 2006 she did the unthinkable. writer and public speaker toby dorr shares her harrowing story: falling in love with prison inmate john maynard and helping him escape, their experience on the run and how her life has been thoroughly transformed by these events. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! What began as fun and games under the nose of authority turned criminal when I smuggled him out of Lansing Prison in a dog crate. It looked like he had this halo of light around him, Dorr said. Shes owning up to what she did and shes going to jail., READ NEXT: Social Media Influencer Set on Fire & Killed by Ex-Husband, Family Says, Toby Young Helped Murderer John Manard Escape From Prison in a Dog Crate, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. Where is he today? (NBC News) - Tonight on "Dateline," when Kansas prisoner John Manard escapes with the help of Toby Dorr, a prison volunteer and mother of two who was 20 years his senior, investigators. Chris is a good man.. IE 11 is not supported. In the aftermath of this incident, Toby pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting an aggravated jailbreak, along with introducing contraband a cell phone into prison. Please logout and login again. Dorr has since opened up about her story and provided more details about how she came to meet Manard and fall for the inmate she eventually helped escape. The two soon formed a connection, as she felt like he was concerned about her. Although Dorr served 27 months in prison for her role in the escape, she claimed in an interview with TODAY that she "yearned for more" before the breakout. Toothy grins and wagging tails were my currency. Because he was pretty broken, too., READ NEXT: Social Media Influencer Set on Fire & Killed by Ex-Husband, Family Says. John Michael Manard was serving a life sentence for murder when he fell in love with prison worker Toby Young, who helped him escape. Toby Young, now known by her married name Toby Dorr, was working at a Kansas prison when she met and fell in love with an inmate and eventually helped him escape in a dog crate. Manard is still behind bars, reportedly in a New Hampshire facility, and likely will be for life. Kansas Department of Corrections, , then Toby Young, was in her late 40s when she fell for John Manard, then 28. And was John Manard ever caught? Since her release in 2008, Dorr has worked in every possible way to make up for her actions and build a better life for herself. Toby Dorr: Helping John Maynard escape from prison was a stupid thing, and it was a desperate act of a desperate woman at a desperate time in her life. I never smoked or drank alcohol, chewed gum in class . Toby Dorr claimed that her life was somewhat typical in 2005 before she met convicted criminal John Manard in prison. Dorr and John Michael Manard, who was at Lansing Correctional Facility serving a life sentence for first-degree murder, went on the run on February 12, 2006, living out of a cabin in rural Tennessee for 12 days until they were captured and arrested. Ive always been given the role of the master manipulating, scumbag criminal with no morals and Toby the, poor manipulated, naive, gullible, depressed, desperate, good girl, that I took advantage of. After the visit, he wrote again to the Star, [Dorr] has a good and loving man for a husband whom I like a lot. His voice soothed me. He was serving a life sentence for first-degree murder for his role in a fatal 1996 carjacking that occurred when he was 17, according to the Kansas City Star. Dorr served 27 months in prison for helping Manard escape. Once U.S. Toby Dorr is infamous for helping convicted murderer John Manard escape prison in 2006. It was while John was serving his penalty at the Lansing Correctional Facility in October 2005 that he met Toby Dorr (then Toby Young), who'd recently begun a rehabilitative program that paired rescued dogs with prisoners for further adoption. The upcoming episode, titled Breakout, will revisit the prison break involving Toby Dorr aka The Dog Lady and John Manard. In 2007, Manard was sentenced in Leavenworth County District Court to 130 months in prison for the jailbreak and a few years later, he received 10 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm unlawfully during that time. Dorr added that little did she know that purpose could be "intoxicating.". While they were on the run, the story captivated the country and Dorr became known as the Dog Lady of Lansing prison. They were also found in possession of two firearms, around $25,000 in cash, some s*x toys, two guitars, an amplifier, hair dye, and a laptop, among other things. If you're a woman who's fallen, I feel your pain. Manard was assisted by his then-lover, Toby Dorr, who was, at the time, known as Toby Young. The chase went on for 60 miles on an interstate highway. On February 24, they were in Chattanooga to go to the IMAX theater and were spotted in the street by two U.S. marshals, the Atlantic reported. (It may remind people of what happened in upstate New York.). On their way back to their cabin, the couple was arrested on Interstate 75, around 60 miles from where theyd been staying in rural Tennessee, NBC News wrote. However, their brief relationship only lasted for 12 days until their capture. He continued: Ive always been given the role of the master manipulating, scumbag criminal with no morals and Toby the, poor manipulated, naive, gullible, depressed, desperate, good girl, that I took advantage of. Toby Dorr worked at a Kansas prison in 2005 when she helped an inmate escape. I do think that John Manard loved me to the best of his ability to love anybody at that time. Create your free profile and get access to exclusive content. I chose life again and again, even when life was painful, unthinkably difficult or unlivable. Both Dorr and Manard were arrested. In his mind, I think he had the idea he could get out. Facebook Manard and Dorr hopped in a car and fled the authorities in what would become one of the most notorious high-speed car chases of all time. A police helicopter illuminated our fugitive run. Lonnie Glosson, 93, americk country hudebnk, skladatel a osobnost rdia. The couple then drove straight to a storage unit, where they got into a pre-placed truck and made their way to Tennessee. In 2006, 48-year-old Toby Dorr drove away from the gates of a prison in Lansing, Kansas, with dogs from her prison foster program loaded in the back of her van. Toby Young, 48, helped John Maynard, 28, escape a maximum-security Kansas prison in a dog crate, two days before Valentine's Day 2006. When she did this, she noticed, guards failed to search the crates containing the dogs, and rarely scrutinized her as she left the prison in a van. About Dorr, Maynard wrote: I loved Toby and was 100 percent committed to her. On their way out of the book store, the fugitives passed police. John Manard Relationship with Toby Young While in his recovering office, John Manard was involved with Toby Young, who is currently Toby Dorr. As far as prison escapes go, it was ingenious in its simplicity. Manard told the outlet that he made a mistake when he was still a child and he wasnt the one who pulled the trigger. She even agreed to pay roughly $7,500 in restitution and was ultimately condemned to 27 months in jail. John Manard walks a dog on the grounds of the Lansing Correctional Facility alongside Toby Dorr, then Toby Young, on Dec. 8, 2005, about two months before the escape.