Awkward police bodycam video shows the moment a Florida woman was arrested by sheriff’s deputies after a damning Crime Stoppers tip led authorities to solve a decades-old missing child’s case that she was allegedly involved in.
According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office in Kentucky, Debra Newton was busted after she allegedly absconded with her 3-year-old child more than four decades ago, leaving her husband – and the father of her child – Joseph Newton, in the dust.
Newton’s daughter, Michelle Marie Newton, was first reported missing in April 1983, and was raised under a different name.
Debra was arraigned on a felony charge of custodial interference, which according to WDRB, carries no statute of limitations in the state of Kentucky. She was released on bond posted by a family member.
Read more at https://nypost.com/2025/12/17/us-news/missing-kentucky-girl-found-alive-with-new-identity-42-years-later-and-she-had-no-idea/
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