Montana authorities report that the man recently arrested for a 2011 Lapeer County murder has been recaptured after escaping custody while being extradited back to Michigan.
Authorities from Sanders County, Montana report that 42-year-old Utah man Chadwick Shane Mobley was back in custody shortly after 8:00 p.m. (EST) on Monday, July 10.
Around 10:00 a.m. Sunday, July 9, a contracted private transport arranged by the U.S. Marshals were heading through Sanders County, Montana, with the recently extradited suspect when he escaped during a gas station stop. According to police, the Lincoln County based transport had stopped at Plains Town Pump when Mobley was able to remove his handcuffs and ankle shackles and fled. He was later found in the same town almost a day and a half later.
According to Lapeer County District Court records, Mobley is charged with one count of first degree felony murder, one count of first degree premeditated murder, and one felony gun charge.
Michigan State Police revealed to MLive last month that Mobley’s DNA was matched to him via familial genealogy from the DNA found on cigarette evidence from the scene of the November 2011 death of 20-year-old Andrea Eilber. 20-year-old Eilber was found dead in the basement of her aunt and uncle’s Mayfield Township home on November 16, 2011, having been shot dead by a single gunshot to the head two days prior.
Her boyfriend at the time, 19-year-old Kenneth Grondin III, was charged and convicted of the crime. The 2015 conviction was later overturned in 2018. The now 30-year-old Grondin was still waiting to be retried on the charges, with it not being clear what will happen if Mobley is tried for the crime instead.
Special Agents with the Michigan Department of Attorney General will transport Mobley back to Michigan for his impending arraignment in Lapeer County, with Sanders County authorities reassuring citizens that it will not be contracted transport and that arrangements are still being made.
