I'll tell you who he was. A man with something to hide. A man up to no good. A man they should have kept their eyes on. But here's what really chaps me:

"Police said that in 1981 he had served six months in jail after pleading guilty to a felony charge of a lewd act on a child. The victim was 7 years old."

SIX MONTHS!!! 7 YEARS OLD!!! You'll do more time getting caught with weed, stealing somebody's lawn furniture, pissing off the wrong person.

That's very true and I'm not disagreeing with you at all because you're totally right, but at the same time that was 1981. You could get caught with a joint in 1981 and they wouldn't do anything but send you on your way telling you to use better judgment, things are completely different now. I do completely agree though, six months is asinine then, now, whenever and really it's just a joke, a pedophile isn't going to learn a damn thing from having to do six months especially for something that serious.

I read an article the other day about some Japanese chefs who were arrested for serving whale meat. If convicted, they could get as much at 67yrs..(something like that)

While molesting a child only gets him 6mos.

What is wrong with this picture?

The truth that some people don't like to admit is that pedophiles CAN NEVER BE REHABILITATED!!!!! In many states there is a method for dealing with those who cannot be rehabilitated, it's called EXECUTION!!!!! But since that would fall under the guidelines of cruel and unusual punishment (disregard the cruel and unusual crime on the child victim) they are place in protective custody where copious amounts of taxpayer cash are rendered in a totally worthless attempt to help them, "put their lives back together" (I need a shower just saying that) and for security to protect them from inmates doing to them, what they did to the kids, and then some.

Hate to sound like a cold hearted bastard...BUT the guys been dead going on 5 years, what are going to do dig him up and gas him, what difference will it make whether they have a "airtight" case against him?
How much more money will they squander on this case that will go nowhere?
Yes the family will have closure as some may say, but after 30 years I think they have moved on!!
Just my two cents ...........................

@Tony Helland-1952007

Keep your two cents. The family would probably like to have their boy's remains found and given a proper burial. If you think they've "moved on" you obviously never lost a child!

mgael is absolutely right. Pedophiles, among other evil sociopaths, cannot ever be allowed free in society. When they are found out in their first crime, they must be locked away forever. If not, their crimes will hasten in frequency and become increasingly vicious.

It is both sane and moral to execute sociopaths.

This guy died at an early age. It would be interesting if the media had presented the circumstances of his death, aids, murdered etc.

Well, I scanned all the way to the last post and no one else has mentioned it. Most sons do not look more like their father, look at their chin and the color of their hair, than this boy to this man.

Their coming to get you Carl. Look up in the sky, It's a bird, It's a plane, NO it's a DRONE!!!!!!

"They're" not "their."

Carl, that crap of picking people up and labeling them murderers or what ever has been going on for time immemorial.

This is for benefit for other readers, because Carl apparently believes that his world was perfect before January 20, 2009:

Whenever a banker or factory owner or some Upstanding Pillar of the Community came home and found his wife and child dead, the local lynch mob would go get some poor hobo or some "uppity" person (usually of another race, black, but Chinese or Native American or Cajun or plain white trash would do just as well), and kill him, and no one would say a thing when the Upstanding Pillar of the Community got quietly married a week later and his beautiful (young) bride, comforter in his sorrow, would give birth six months later. It's all in various newspapers, on micro film, in libraries, in and round about 1904.

The only variation was that sometimes, Upstanding Member of the Community was also found dead with wife and child--a murder-suicide to us, but to the people back then, an excuse for a necktie party.

Carl,

It's morons like you that give Republican Conservatives like me a bad name. Use a little common sense before putting your words out on the net for the world to see. Personally, I have NO problem killing terrorists (American or otherwise) with drones overseas. The penalty for treason is and should be death.

The penalty for treason should be death BUT do you want one guy deciding that you're guilty. Hey anyone who protests the government could be considered a terrorists by someone in power, send out the drones! No jury of peers required!

Why the hell do we need to go through all the machinations of the legal system if we trust law enforcement can make the decision? The law should apply to all US citizens at all times regardless of where they are.

Thats exactly where we are headed. You can turn a blind eye to it, until that drone come down on your a$$.

@ElkMeadow

You've been reading way too much revisionist history! You have the makings for a Lifetime movie there.

Carl I saw your name on the list of potential drone hits..I'd head to Africa where you'll be safe

Austin.. trust in law enforcement??? why would I trust police men how make almost as many mistakes as the weatherman.. and they are less then 60% all the time..

A drone after him - seriously? I am not surprised that it took a bit for Obama to show up in this one. BTW: if the guy had been on the domestic terrorist watch list, yeah, he should have been looking up.

Why give up especially now when forensics and crime solving has gotten better. They are solving cases from the past..Because the guy in question is dead doesn't necessarily mean we can't find the boys remains or possibly alive yet..

Too Little, Too Late

Don't tell his family that.

Studio Steve that is a terrible attitude. Forensics has come a long way since the 80s. I'm crossing my fingers this poor child is still alive but if he isn't his remains could still be found.

Still alive? The kid was 10 at the time of the suspected abduction. If he were 3 or 4 then maybe he could have forgotten his previous identity, but 10, I don't think so. Remember the case a few years back of the girl who was abducted and bore the kidnapper two children, California I think. Although emotionally under the influence of her kidnapper, it didn't take that much time to regain her sense of identity after she was discovered. If alive he would be almost 40 by now.

Not useless if they can at least find his body and give his family some peace after all this time. The family probably realized years ago he's not alive (most likely), but for them to have a body to bury would help end the constant wonder. So, yes, the cops failed back in 1984, but that doesn't mean the cops today can't do some good for that family and close the case.

The cops didn't fail. They were limited to the resources they had then and the proof or lack of it to do anything legally. Now that they have the resources to do it - they are. And they should be commended for it, not criticized.

In the 1980's, the computer systems and the technology to share information from one city or state to another wasn't available, the main records methods were on paper for many police departments, DNA and chemical testing and other forensic sciences were as still in infancy.

Back in the day, it was easy to change your name from town to town. For someone living on the street, why would you ever need a driver's license or a Social Security Card (which used to have written on it, "Not to be used for identification"). You didn't need to prove what your name was to anyone. The only way you could be identified was if your finger prints were on record for another crime, and then the paperwork to get them was astronomical, and the city didn't want to pay for three hots and a hot law wouldn't allow you to stay jailed when there wasn't any evidence to keep you.

You try to find someone without clues, help from other people, Dna, etc. With any luck he will be found alive. If not I hope they find his remains so the family can properly bury himn.

No shared information back then. Computers were still in the Dark Ages, and the stuff we take for granted now, especially the technology to connect police stations and lap tops and cell phones and smart phones was just the daydreams of nerds in 1984.

He died in 2008. I doubt he cares much about his reputation, especially since he already ruined it by sexually abusing at least three children.

I agree with dectra. The criminal is dead, but I'm sure he has family members. And they should not be subjected to social media lynching for something they were not involved with.

As pointed out already, they are not sure if any of the names he was ever arrested or served time under were his real name. Odd, but very sad story.

I don't agree that it's "wasting money" to look for children who have disappeared a long time ago and STILL have yet to be found. Tell that to Kevin's family....

EVERYone missing deserves to be found. Sometimes police departments hire people who do not do their jobs and they fail to look right under their noses for evidence. Paying THOSE people a salaray for the crap job they do IS wasting money....

You can thank ultra-liberals for releasing these people back into society. They are the ones who push for lighter sentences and criminals right over victims rights.

Um Elizabeth, I remember a while back when the republicans in CA proposed closing a few prisons down to help close the budget shortfall gap...go figure! Criminals being turned loose has to do with getting a good lawyer who can plead you out of anything, as well as a leanient judge. Plus, penalties have increased for those committing crimes against children however, they must be caught first.

Why are yhese perverts on the loose? Because of federal mandatory sentencing laws for drug offenders, that's why. Judges really have no say-so in the sentencing of drug offenders. In order to make room in prison for the addicts, rapists, molesters, and murderers have to be released.

Say there Elizabeth - can you get a grip on what you said? Ultra liberals releasing murderers, rapists child molesters back into society? Have any stats or cases that will back that statement up?

Instead of being critical of those cases that haven't been worked yet, be supportive of those that are being worked. That way, more will be solved.

Oh! An Obama supporter.

Elizabeth, don't be ridiculous. This article isn't about politics, or left wing/right wing. But since you brought it up....illegal aliens can't and don't vote. Show me one link of proof that they can and have. And yes, it IS difficult for some people to get IDs. My grandmother is 88 years old, white, upper middle class, and she has never driven, so she has no picture ID. Should she not be allowed to vote? (Since she is a liberal, you will probably say she shouldn't). Back to the story, this boy would be just about my age if he is still alive. Here's hoping he's living somewhere with memory loss that can be restored.

I don't think she's an Obama supporter - also, since when is it a democratic "thing" to push for voter IDs?

Unfortunately, it still is a very scary time for parents...I have a 10 yr old boy myself....