Fugitive
Runaway
noun
Someone who has escaped death by running away is a fugitive or a runaway. I think there was a movie about that once!
This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
逃亡者は逃走中に病気の子どもに会い、自首を決意したそうです。
I hear that the fugitive met a sick child while he was running away and decided to turn himself in.