(Gary, IN) - A northwest Indiana murder suspect is still on the loose.  Leon Taylor, 22, was in a Lake County Sheriff’s Office transport van when he somehow escaped on Monday. 

Taylor, housed at the Lake County Jail, was being taken to and from a court hearing in his case.  Police said the transport van was stopped in a McDonalds drive thru in Gary when he fled in handcuffs without waiting for his order.

Police said the man is charged with a murder in East Chicago and was recently brought back after fleeing to Texas.  According to police, Taylor is 6 feet tall and 162 pounds with hazel eyes and brown hair.  He was last seen wearing a gray hoodie, black Puma tennis shoes, black jeans and a

belly chain with handcuffs, police said.

Police said an investigation is being conducted on how the man escaped.