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Officials say he began talking to deputies in order to divert their attention and have them go to the other side of the booking room to look up answers.

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Once deputies were away from the booking area window, Estell jumped the counter and ran out the door. A woman, identified by police as Tamara Upshaw, was reportedly waiting in the parking lot for Estell with the passenger door to her car open.

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As she drove away with the escaped inmate, a deputy tried to bust out the passenger window, but was unsuccessful, authorities say, according to the station.

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The getaway car was found abandoned a few minutes later by police in Hot Springs.