圣迭戈县警长办公室：在逃性暴力捕食者被发现死于河床，近一个月的搜捕结束，死因待验尸
位于加州圣迭戈县的 San Diego 市，圣迭戈县警长办公室10月20日（周二）通报，被州政府认定为性暴力捕食者（Sexually Violent Predator）的 Merle Wakefield（69岁）已被发现死亡。他的遗体于周一（10月19日）上午约9时30分在 Talmadge 社区 Fairmount Avenue 4800号路段附近的河床被发现，死因有待验尸结果。Wakefield 自9月25日凌晨起在逃：当日凌晨3时30分，他在 Rancho Bernardo 的工作场所（亚马逊处理设施）摘除强制佩戴的 GPS 追踪器后逃离；他当时正参加加州有条件释放计划，由 Liberty Healthcare 监管，自2024年11月起处于监管释放状态。他曾于1980年与1991年因对14岁以下未成年人实施猥亵行为及强奸被定罪。警长办公室此前发布通缉，Crime Stoppers 曾悬赏最高1000美元征集线索。随着其死亡得到确认，持续近一个月的搜捕就此结束。
San Diego County Sheriff's Office: Fugitive Sexually Violent Predator Found Dead in Riverbed, Month-Long Manhunt Ends, Cause of Death Pending Autopsy
In San Diego, San Diego County, California, the San Diego County Sheriff's Office reported on Tuesday, October 20, that Merle Wakefield, 69, a state-designated sexually violent predator, has been found dead. His body was discovered at about 9:30 a.m. on Monday, October 19, in a riverbed off the 4800 block of Fairmount Avenue in the Talmadge area; a ruling on his cause of death is pending autopsy results. Wakefield had been at large since the early morning of September 25, when at about 3:30 a.m. he removed his mandated GPS tracker and fled his job at an Amazon processing facility in Rancho Bernardo. He was on supervised release under the California Conditional Release Program, supervised by Liberty Healthcare, and had been on conditional release since November 2024. He was convicted in 1980 and 1991 of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 and forcible rape. The Sheriff's Office had issued a wanted notice, and Crime Stoppers offered a reward of up to $1,000 for information. With his death confirmed, the nearly month-long manhunt has ended.
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