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Nathaniel Bar-Jonah - child molester, murderer, almost certainly a cannibal. (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

His mother filed a missing person's report later that afternoon. Detective Bill Bellusci was given a list of local registered sex offenders by the FBI, but focused his suspicion on Bar-Jonah, who was not on the list.

How the hell was this guy not on the list with all the stuff that happened beforehand

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

There wasn't an interstate list yet. The main laws went into effect in 1996.