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Families urge alerts, stricter custody after fatal crash tied to juveniles who escaped Gateway Center

4785407 · June 12, 2025
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During public input at the Blount County workshop, family members and neighbors described repeated escapes from the Helen Ross McNabb Gateway Center in Alcoa and urged local officials to implement notification systems and stricter custody to prevent future tragedies.

Family members of Madison Law and neighbors addressed the Blount County Commission during public input, saying two juveniles who escaped the Helen Ross McNabb Gateway Center in Alcoa stole vehicles and later struck and killed Law on March 21, 2024. Speakers urged local authorities and the facility to notify nearby residents when residents escape and to take stronger custody measures.

Gary Hosey, who identified himself as the father of the deceased, described the sequence he was told by investigators: two juveniles “escaped the Helen Ross McNabb Gateway Center,…

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