Authorities caught a convicted murderer on Friday morning after his escape led to a multiple-day manhunt.  

Ramone Alston, 30, was arrested in a Kannapolis hotel early Friday morning.  

The operation included FBI Charlotte SWAT agents, Kannapolis Police and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police.

He had escaped in Orange County while authorities were taking him to the UNC Hospitals Hillsborough campus.  Alston was wearing handcuffs connected to a belly chain with a black box over the junction at the time.

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