On May 30,2023 Sheriff Charles R. Guillory received a phone call from a local Lafayette Television station. They advised Sheriff Guillory that, escape Jody Thomas Thrasher had called them and was wanting to turn himself in. The T.V. station was in the process of setting up a surrender location. Escape Thrasher said he was on his way to Giraud Park. The Lafayette Police Department and the Lafayette Sheriff Department were contacted and were awaiting his arrival. Thrasher then called the T.V station back and said he would meet them at the city hall. Thrasher then called back later and said he was at a local business on the North side of Lafayette.

Lafayette Police Department then called off the search since it was clearly a game Thrasher was playing with the local T.V. station, and a complete waste of manpower and resources.

Later in the evening of May 30,2023 Thrasher arrived at a hospital in Lake Charles for a injury to his foot, that he sustained when he jumped from the top of the 20 foot exercise yard wall. Thrasher was taken into custody by the Lake Charles Police Department, once he was released from the hospital. Thrasher was then returned to Ville Platte and is back in EPSO custody.

Sheriff Charles R. Guillory would like to thank the Lafayette Police Department, the Lafayette Sheriff's Department, the Lake Charles Police Department, and the local T.V station for there help in capturing Thrasher.