SHELTON, Wash. – One of two convicted killers from Washington state is still on the loose after both men escaped from a private prison in Florence, Ariz. after attacking a jail guard.

One of the victim's families says the news brings back painful memories.

"They told me that Roy Townsend had escaped from prison in Arizona this morning," said Larry Harkins.

In 1996, Larry's son Gerald, a Shelton High School senior, disappeared along with his truck.

Two weeks later, Larry got a mysterious phone call from a man in jail who eventually led him to Gerald's body and his burnt out truck near Lake Cushman.

"It's what I had to do. Looking back, I was glad I was able to do that. It's hard, hard going back there," said Larry.

Roy Townsend was tried and convicted of arson and murder.  He was sentenced to 66 years in prison.

Those painful wounds were reopened when Larry got a call from the department of corrections.

"I just couldn't imagine he could escape, you know?" said Larry.

Arizona authorities say Townsend and another convicted killer from Washington, Kollin Folsom, were working on a cleaning crew when they attacked a guard, tied him down, climbed a fence and fled.

Folsom was caught a short time later, but Townsend is still at large.

"It just brings up everything. all the old memories and what you had to go through, and you shouldn't have to do that twice," said Larry.

Harkins is not worried about his family's safety. He says the one good thing is that Townsend will likely get a longer prison sentence once he is caught.

"They'll catch him. There's no doubt in my mind that they'll catch him, whether it'll be today or a week down the road, they'll catch him," said Larry.

Folsom was convicted of murdering his girlfriend's father in Washougal, Wash. in 1999.