An ordinary house in an ordinary neighborhood near Lisbon, Portugal -- now believed to be one of the homes of a convicted murderer and suspected hijacker on the run from from authorities for 41 years.<br/> Residents of Colares woke up to headlines reporting that 68-year-old fugitive George Wright had been arrested in the town by Portuguese authorities two days earlier.<br/> Wednesday morning, some locals said Wright had gone by the name Jorge and lived in the area for at least 20 years.<br/> One resident said he had married a Portuguese woman and ran an artifact store.<br/> SOUNDBITE:Cara de Anjo, Colares Resident:<br/> "This man was nice, easy going; he had good contacts here in the community. He also had a business near the beach of Macas. He lived alongside everyone else, no one would have thought that he is the suspect they say he is."<br/> Serving a 15 - 30 year sentence for the murder of a gas station owner, Wright had escaped from a New Jersey state prison in 1970.<br/> Wright then was among 5 hijackers who allegedly commandeered a jetliner en route to Miami.<br/> After demanding one million dollars in ransom to free the passengers, the plane was forced to Algeria - where the hijackers were released.<br/> The four other hijackers were apprehended in France - but until Monday, Wright had remained at large.<br/> Wright faces extradition to the United States to serve the remainder of his sentence for murder.<br/> It is unclear whether he will face additional charges for his role in the hijacking.<br/> Sarah Irwin, Reuters.
