Convicted murderer recaptured after walking away from Dorchester Penitentiary

A convicted murderer "walked away" from the minimum security Dorchester Penitentiary in Dorchester, N.B., Saturday, according to a news release fromCorrectionsCanada.

Around 3 p.m., Robert Hilroy Leggeleft the property, but was "apprehended immediately" by staff, the release states.

Corrections Canada said they are investigating.

Leggewas sentenced to life in prison for the second-degree murder of Ann Lucas in Stephenville, N.L., 20 years ago.

Lucas was killed in 2003 in her apartment when she was 56 years old.

Leggeis in his mid-eighties.