SAN DIEGO -- A Carmel Valley woman arrested last month after 32 years on the lam from Detroit prison authorities was released from a San Diego-area jail Wednesday and was apparently en route back to Michigan to be re-incarcerated.

Susan Lefevre, 53, was transferred out of Las Colinas women's lockup in Santee early Wednesday morning, according to jail officials, who declined to specify the agency that took custody of her.

Russ Marlan, a spokesman for the Michigan Department of Corrections, also refused to provide particulars on the recaptured escapee's confinement status and whereabouts, citing agency regulations.

Marlan did, however, say that the convicted drug dealer and mother of three "should be back here sometime within the next week."

In 1975, Lefevre was sentenced in Saginaw, Mich., to 10 to 20 years in prison for her role in a heroin deal, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. She escaped a little more than a year later by climbing over a prison fence.

After making her way to Southern California, Lefevre got married, had children and lived an upper-middle-class life for decades under the name Marie Walsh.

Federal agents finally tracked her down two weeks ago after authorities in her former home state received an anonymous tip.

Upon her arrival in Michigan, Lefevre will be admitted into a women's prison just outside Detroit to serve the remainder of her custody term, Marlan said.

Her earliest parole eligibility will likely be in about five and a half years, per sentencing laws in effect at the time of her conviction, the spokesman said. Her long-ago escape, however, could extend that timeline, he added.

Like other prisoners, Lefevre will have the option of applying to have her sentence commuted by Michigan's governor, Marlan said. The state's 10-member parole board would make a recommendation on her bid for early release.