After a fruitless 25-year search, a California woman found her long-lost brother in a USA TODAY story. But the case may not be the heartwarming reunion it first appeared.
When Marcella Nasseri, a native of northern California, saw a May USA TODAY story asking for readers’ help to identify a nonverbal man at a Los Angeles County hospital, she was shocked. Local law enforcement confirmed that the man was her brother, Thomas ______, who vanished in 1999.
But new details uncovered by USA TODAY reveal that Thomas is a registered sex offender, convicted of abusing a child in 1993, a captain with the Lassen County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Wednesday. Thomas spent three years in a county prison for the offense, Capt. Mike Carney said at his office in Susanville, California.
Carney said he was originally told Thomas had been fingerprinted but then learned that never happened and that he was identified using photographs and his sister’s positive identification.
The Los Angeles Police Department either failed or neglected to fingerprint Thomas , which would have helped to identify him, Carney said. But after Thomas ‘s sister notified his department that the man in Los Angeles was her brother, deputies ran his name through the system and found the 1993 sex offender listing.
“I guess he wasn’t cooperative when they tried to fingerprint him,” Carney said. “We were told that he was unable to walk and was unable to talk, so I don’t know what happened to him.”
Typical of the media. Turn something good and heartwarming into something that is a jaw-dropping, knee-jerking, mass-angering, hand-on-forehead, gossip-spawning article. The LORD rebuke them!!
I suspect that when he recovers, the state will charge him with failure to register. Is that cynical?
Pay attention to who benefits the most from the label. It’s most definitely not society it’s the media and law enforcement.
They steer and control the narrative for money, eyeballs and virtue signaling.
He was hiding in plain sight until his sister burned his spot. I’m pretty sure law enforcement informed her he’s not gonna be able to relocate anytime soon, I’m sure he’s cuffed to the bed at this point. The DA is gonna send this guy to prison for a very long time, He’s racked up multiple FTR charges he could be facing life in prison.
He should’ve escaped to a Mexican hospital they would’ve never found him.
I don’t think his sister is that naïve either she has to know he’s going to prison, she didn’t even rush down to go see him immediately after they found him. She said she has to take care of a few animals, BUT she’s taking care of the go fund me money. I think she was just all about the money now she’s playing the role like she’s so excited they found him. I think she really thought he was dead. I wouldn’t be surprised if she had life insurance on him and that’s how he was really found by the insurance company.
Obviously a dangerous individual that should have been at the top of the FBI’s 10 most wanted. Why wasn’t this man the main story on EVERY cable and local news program for the last 25 yrs. Well, all I can think is thank god they got this dangerous predator off the street with the fantastic work of crack law enforcement agencies sharing resources in this nation wide man hunt. I know I will sleep safer tonight…………….( sarcasm😎)
And yet, not one single accusation of having committed another sex crime during the 25 years of absconding.
Yet again, even in the few and far between registrants who have committed more sex crimes were completely registry compliant. Further, even if there is an exception, there would be no explanation or even reasonable theory of how registry compliance would have prevented the subsequent sex crime.
And still, virtually every arrest for an actual sex offense will be of a person with no priors.
Someone please explain exactly how the registry is so critical to public safety.
I can hear it now,,,,,I want my GoFundme money back.