Freed Serial Molester Moves to Wash. State

The Los Angeles Times ^ | 04/16/2004 | Christine Hanley, Times Staff Writer

[Checkers]

A serial child molester freed in Orange County last week from a life sentence has resurfaced in Washington state, where authorities say he once cruised for victims — and where he will be required to register as a serious sex offender deemed likely to repeat his crimes.

Edward Harvey Stokes, who once said to a therapist that he had molested more than 200 victims and felt like a monster, applied for a new Washington driver's license using a Vancouver address three days after his April 7 release from the Orange County Jail, according to sheriff's officials in King County, Wash.

Cont. at: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-stokes16apr16,1,6663090,print.story?coll=la-home-local

[Checkers]

Look out Vancouver...

[pitinkie]

They have an arrest warrant out for him.

[HairOfTheDog]

Vancouver Washington is a long ways (150 miles) from King County.

[cmsgop]

My LEO friends say he is in Tukwila, he opened a Costco Acct there.This may have been reported.

[Lion Den Dan]

Why can not this maggot star in a snuff flick???

[IamHD]

If they released him, why do they have a warrant out for him? Did he violate his parole? I keep thinking of that little girl that was raped and murdered a year or so ago. Why did they release him?

[Mikey_1962]

Ohhhhhh

Lke you haven't serial raped before... It cold happen to anyone... look at poor Michael Jackson. If it could happen to him it could happen to any Superstar who was born black turned white and face got real weird.

[Gun142]

The one in Wooster, Ohio?

Good thing to do is search city or county databases for sex offenders. Doesn't hurt to know who\what's in your neighborhood.
http://www.searchsystems.net/freepub.php

[Eala]

If they released him, why do they have a warrant out for him?

He gave a false address for his driver's license or some such...

[Tacis]

Those folks in Washington are truly sensitive and certainly will be able to sit down with this fellow and reach an understanding. There is no need for bad thoughts when liberals actually come face to face with a bad man, human compassion will work out their differences. See, this is one reason why Washington is so superior to, say, Texas. In Washington, they'd buy him a cup of coffee and invite him to attend the weekend anti-Bush rally. In Texas, they would be sighting in on him waiting to see him touch a child so when they snapped off the first shot, it would be a good one.

[MD_Willington_1976]

Maybe on THAT(coastal) side of the Pass...

[Clint Williams]

Why did they release him?

They said he was released because of some problem with the trial; the victim had committeed suicide and therefore he couldn't face his accuser. There was a recent decision from SCOTUS that substantially restricted the use of hearsay evidence in such cases; I would guess it was related to that decision.

Why they didn't petition for a new trial is beyond me.

[IamHD]

No..I'm thinking of the little 5 year old in California. That cute little thing that was murdered and raped by that monster. I forget her name, darn it. Hmm, I think her first name was Samantha.

I'm always checking the sex offender registry in my area. We have a lot of them, but they don't show their pictures.

None of them should ever be let out.

[pitinkie]

He violated parole and it has something to do with the address he gave for his drivers license.

[Clint Williams]

Good thing to do is search city or county databases for sex offenders. Doesn't hurt to know who\what's in your neighborhood.

Good idea -- but don't forget that only about half of those convicted every year are first-time convictions, according to federal Bureau of Justice Statistics reports. Knowing who the registered sex offenders are only tells you about half of all the sex offenders in your area (on average).

[IamHD]

Wow, that's right. I just heard something about that on FOX. But, 200 victims! He should have never been released. I can't even imagine what would make someone do something like this.

I learned something new. :)

It really pizzes me off!

(Hold down your left mouse button, and drag it through the blank

[ThreeYearLurker]

Dude registered his name to a fake address. He was let go because his last victim killed himself. Vancouver is certainly not a liberal area like Seattle. We need to find this guy and fry him.

[Checkers]

If he's in the Seattle area, someone should bring this to the attention of John Carlson, Kirby Wilbur, et. al..

[Klickitat]

another perverted in Washington ping

[MarMema]

It was all over John Carlson last night ( I missed it but heard about it) and Kirby did some serious time with it this morning as well.