Story highlights The inmate had at least a 36-hour head start on police

He is considered to be armed and dangerous

(CNN) Police in West Virginia are searching for an inmate who disguised himself as a civilian and walked out of a jail, giving himself at least a 36-hour head start.

Todd Wayne Boyes, 44, was able to get his hands on khaki pants and a dark green or gray zip-up jacket, and walked out of the South Central Regional Jail in Charleston, West Virginia, just before 6 a.m. Wednesday , the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety said in a statement.

But it wasn't until 7 p.m. Thursday that jail staff realized Boyes was missing. In that time, according to the statement, there had been three formal inmate head counts, and two informal counts overnight.

When jail staff reviewed the footage from the facility's security cameras, they discovered he'd left the previous morning.

Boyes was due to be sentenced to three to 20 years in prison on Friday, according to CNN affiliate WCHS

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