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After four months on the run, U.S. Marshals had been hunting a multi-state fugitive, a convicted sex offender who had vanished without a trace.
Though his mother claimed he wasn’t there. The Marshals knew she was lying. However, what they didn’t know was that finding him would be much harder than they imagined.
The marshals turned the house upside down.
Every room had been checked.
Every corner cleared .
Yet John was nowhere to be found.
But just when it seemed the search would come up empty.
They discovered that he’d been hiding in the most unsuspecting place all along.
According to reports.
The search for 43 year old John began after he failed to appear for a court trial in Kentucky in 2024.
That failure led to a warrant for bail jumping, as well as another for violating sex offender registration laws.
Meanwhile , in Tennessee, his parole was revoked after he was convicted of evading arrest and aggravated assault triggering yet another warrant.
Over the past few months, deputies repeatedly came to this house searching for him.
But each time they asked ,his 78 year old mother insisted she didn’t know where he was.
But now that John has been found hiding inside the walls of his mother’s house.
It seems he may not be the only one about to get into trouble…
John now faces multiple charges across two states .with the additional federal charges
Pending through the U.S Marshals Services.
And although his mother was not arrested, she has been cited for harboring a non- compliant sex offender and has a pending court date.