Two men charged with murder and another being held on armed robbery charges escaped early Saturday from a rural Alabama county jail , a local sheriff said . NEW : State Bureau of Investigation , U.S . , involved in the manhunt . 2 inmates are held in one cell ; one dies , says another is sick , he says . The inmates jump a jailer , then fled on foot , the Orange County Sheriff adds . The prisoner , who was allegedly choked , was treated at a nearby hospital , he says .
NEW : State Bureau of Investigation , U.S . , involved in the manhunt . 2 inmates are held in one cell ; one dies , says another is sick , he says . The inmates jump a jailer , then fled on foot , the Orange County Sheriff adds . The prisoner , who was allegedly choked , was treated at a nearby hospital , he says .