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Prison transport firm closing after escape linked to Oklahoma case

DALLAS — A private prisoner transport company is shutting down after an MMA fighter escaped from one of its vans while being escorted to a jail in Texas.

Cedric Marks got loose from a van that had stopped at a McDonald's near Houston Feb. 3.

Marks is the suspect in the case of two bodies found in Oklahoma.

CEO Ryan Whitten, of Texas Prisoner Transportation Services, said Sunday that new insurance rates led to the decision to close.

Whitten made no mention of Marks.

Marks was recaptured after about nine hours, but neither police nor the company have explained how he escaped.

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