(1) How Unsolved Missing Person Cases Are Solved (Pt. 1)

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84. Turns Out "Missing" Main Line Man Was Just a Sex Offender in Hiding

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Turns Out “Missing” Main Line Man Was Just a Sex Offender in Hiding
The feds say Tim Dillon was living 2,000 miles away under an assumed name.
by Victor Fiorillo · 1/20/2021, 2:34 p.m.

Back in 2019, the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System issued a missing persons alert for Paoli’s Timothy Patrick Dillon, who was 25 at the time. Dillon had been living with his parents, who contacted their local police department after Dillon didn’t come home one night in 2019.

“Timothy is 5’5″ and weighs about 130 to 140 pounds, he has sandy color hair and hazel eyes,” read the bulletin. “Timothy left home for an appointment after dinner on August 27 and never returned home. His car was found a week later abandoned at the Paoli train station.”

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That alert was shared on Facebook as far away as New Mexico and Goose Creek, South Carolina. Strangers on social media expressed their well-wishes for Dillon and his family. “Prayer for a safe return,” wrote one woman on the Missing People in America Facebook page.

But it turns out that Dillon was a-okay. No harm had befallen him. He wasn’t missing so much as not wanting to be found.

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https://www.phillymag.com/news/2021/01/20/tim-dillon-paoli-sex-offender/
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