Harvey Guillén
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Appearances Over Time
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He's method acting his own death and it's Oscar worthy.
The prison doctors watch him waste away.
They read the diagnosis in his file and they attribute it all to AIDS.
Nobody thinks to run their own test or double check.
They just see a dying man and try to make him comfortable.
Eventually, they grant him a special needs parole.
Stevens transferred to a hospice facility in San Antonio to die.
But Stephen's never felt more alive.
He places a phone call to the hospice facility from the hospice facility.
He impersonates a doctor and says he's recruiting patients for a new experimental AIDS treatment.
Stephen Russell just happens to qualify for the trial.
The hospice staff, wanting to believe there's something that might help, release Stephen into the care of this non-existent doctor.
On Friday, March 13th, 1998, Stephen walks out of hospice.
Okay, so I need to bring up a really weird detail in all of this.
Stephen's story is already bizarre enough, but there's this pattern that keeps showing up.
And once you notice it, you can't unsee it.
Friday the 13th.
For most people, Friday the 13th means bad luck.
For Stephen, it's become his personal lottery day because every time he escapes, it's Friday the 13th.
He walked out of the jail with a walkie-talkie and a tie-dye shirt on Friday, May 13th, 1992.