The woman initially denied being Hayman but later admitted that was her name, authorities said. She was booked into the women's jail in Santee to await an extradition proceeding. 

 Judy Lynn Hayman was arrested in San Diego for escaping from a Michigan prison in 1977. (Published Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014) 
 
 After more than 36 years on the run, a woman who police say escaped from a Michigan prison has been arrested in San Diego. 
 
 On April 14, 1977, Judy Lynn Hayman escaped from the Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Washtenaw County, Mich., south of Ann Arbor. 
 
 Then 23 years old, Hayman had been serving a minimum sentence of 16 months for attempted larceny, according to the Michigan Department of Corrections website. 
 
 Since then, corrections officials had not given up their hunt for her, and this year, their search led them to San Diego. 
 
 San Diego Police officials said they got a call from Michigan corrections, telling them the address and description of a person they believed to be Hayman. 
 
 When police contacted her, officers said she identified herself as Jamie Lewis and had documents supporting her claim. 
 
 However, further investigation revealed that the woman was indeed Hayman, SDPD said. 
 
 The now 60-year-old fugitive was arrested Monday around 3:15 p.m. at 3501 1st Street and taken to the Las Colinas jail, where she faces extradition to Michigan. 
 
 An SDPD officer said she admitted to being Hayman. 
 
 The suspect's son, Aaron, told NBC 7 he is surprised and worried for his mom, though he did not confirm or deny if he knew that she was leading a double life. He is one of three sons. 
 
 Aaron said his mother lived a life outside her home in Hillcrest, going to PTA meeting and church. 
 
 A neighbor who lived next door to Hayman described her as a quiet person who seemed paranoid and kept to herself. They would talk about both being cancer survivors. 

 Nearly 37 years ago, a young woman serving time for attempted larceny escaped from a Michigan prison and lived on the lam — until now. 
 
 Judy Lynn Hayman, now 60, was arrested Monday at her Park West home, San Diego police said Tuesday. She was taken into custody about 3:30 p.m. at her apartment on 1st Avenue near Walnut Avenue, said Lt. Kevin Mayer. 
 
 Hayman, who was wanted by the Michigan Department of Corrections, answered a knock on her door and insisted to police officers that her name was Jamie Lewis and that she had documents to prove it, Mayer said. 
 
 But police determined that she was the woman who walked away from the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Ypsilanti, Mich., about 36 miles west of Detroit. Mayer said she admitted during the course of the investigation that Hayman was her real name. 
 
 Hayman’s 32-year-old son, who was visiting his mother when police arrived, seemed “quite surprised” to learn his mother was a fugitive, the lieutenant said. 
 
 According to Michigan prison records, Hayman pleaded guilty to attempted larceny in a building and was sentenced in June 1976 to 16 months to two years in custody. 
 
 She escaped from the facility on April 14, 1977, when she was 23-years-old, records showed. 
 
 Hayman was booked into the Las Colinas jail in Santee where she is being held without bail and is awaiting extradition, said Mayer. 
 
 So far, no date has been set for a hearing in San Diego Superior Court. 
 
 Prison records indicated that Hayman had used several aliases over the years, including Brenda Bushmer, Judy Singleton and Judy Lynn Kayman. 
 
 Officials have not determined how long she had been living at her current address. 
 
 A neighbor in the gated apartment complex said Hayman had lived there at least seven years. 
 
 Another neighbor, Maria Lopez, 60, said Hayman mostly kept to herself, but would occasionally make conversation with others in the complex. 
 
 Lopez said Hayman did not work and had people come by to help with her laundry. Her son would visit her often. 
 
 Arnecia Benton, 41, said she was shocked to learn of Hayman’s criminal past. Benton said her sister has lived in the complex for years and Hayman would make conversation with them from time to time. Benton said Hayman had mentioned she was from Detroit. 
 
 A man who identified himself as Lewis’ son declined to comment Tuesday when reached by phone. Another man who answered the door at her apartment also declined to comment. 
 
 This is not the first time a woman accused of escaping a Michigan prison ended up in San Diego. 
 
 Susan LeFevre, who went by the name Marie Walsh, was arrested at her Carmel Valley home in 2008, some 32 years after she walked away from the Detroit House of Corrections. 
 
 Lefevre had served one year of a 10-to-20-year sentence for selling heroin in 1974 before escaping with the help of a relative. 
 
 After her arrest, the wife and mother of three was returned to Michigan where she spent another year behinds bars before being released in 2009.
– Judy Lynn Hayman has finally been caught ... more than 36 years after she escaped from a Michigan prison. Hayman, who was then 23 and serving a 16- to 24-month sentence for attempted larceny, fled the Huron Valley Correctional Facility on April 14, 1977. She had served 10 months of her sentence at the time, the Los Angeles Times reports. Finally, this year, Michigan corrections officials tracked Hayman to San Diego, where police confirmed the woman calling herself Jamie Lewis was actually Hayman and arrested the now-60-year-old on Monday, NBC San Diego reports. Police say Hayman eventually admitted her true identity; she now faces extradition to Michigan. Her neighbor says Hayman was paranoid and lived a quiet, private life, but her son (who wouldn't say whether he knew about his mother's double life) says she often attended church and PTA meetings. An officer says a 32-year-old son who was at his mother's house when she was arrested seemed "quite surprised" at the revelation, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. In 2008, another escapee from a Michigan prison was caught in San Diego—this one after 32 years.