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Fugitive's son gets kidney transplant

By Susan Candiotti
CNN

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(CNN) -- A Kentucky teenager whose dad went on the lam after being let out of jail to donate a kidney to his ailing son has successfully undergone a kidney transplant.

Destin Perkins received a kidney from an anonymous cadaver donor in California in surgery about three weeks ago, his mother, Angela Hammond, told CNN on Wednesday.

"Destin's feeling good," Hammond said.

The teen's predicament received national attention after a federal judge released his father, Byron Perkins, from jail in January on a $10,000 unsecured bond so he could complete medical tests before his son's surgery.

At the time, Perkins was awaiting a possible life sentence following a conviction on drug, weapons and other charges.

Doctors said Perkins appeared to be a perfect match for his son.

On the final day of hospital tests, Perkins failed to show up. He was not wearing a tracking ankle bracelet because doctors told the court it would interfere with the medical tests.

Byron Perkins has been on the run ever since, and the U.S. Marshals Service put him on their "most wanted" list.

At one point, federal agents said they had a confirmed sighting of Perkins and his girlfriend, Lee Ann Howard, who also is a fugitive, in Mexico. (Full story)

Despite several alleged sightings, Perkins and Howard remain at large.

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