Subject: John Alan Seitcher8-1-2009 California:
Sex offender may have killed himself
Sheriff's deputies are investigating the death of a registered sex offender who was found in a home outside Castroville after his girlfriend reported catching him molesting her 10-year-old daughter Friday.
Sheriff's Cmdr. Mike Richards said it appears the 47-year-old man died of self-inflicted wounds caused by a sharp pointed object. An autopsy is pending.
The Herald is not naming the man because coroner's officials said they were still trying to notify his family Friday.
About 10:30 a.m., the woman called 911 and said she had arrived home and saw her boyfriend molesting her daughter. The woman called police after leaving the house with girl, Richards said.
She indicated the man was threatening to commit suicide.
Deputies responded to the house. After about an hour of trying to make contact, they entered the house and discovered the man dead in the master bathroom.
The man was a registered sex offender who was released from parole in May, Richards said. He had previously been convicted of lewd acts with a child under 14, sexual abuse of a child and indecent exposure, according to the state's Registered Sex Offender Information Web site.
Richards said it was unclear Friday how long the girl's mother was involved with the man or if she was aware of his history.
"There is still an ongoing investigation," he said, and that it was unclear if the girl and her mother were living in the same home as the man.
Deputies said the girl was taken to a Salinas hospital and later released to the custody of her father. ..Source.. by DANIEL LOPEZ, Herald Staff Writer
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Monterey County Coroner's Office Identified Body of Sex Offender in Castroville
8-2-2009 California:
Castroville, Calif- Monterey County Coroner's office has identified the sex offender who died Friday in Crastroville as 46 year old John Alan Seitcher. A postmotem examination will be made August 3rd to determine the cause of death.
Friday, Monterey County Sheriffs surrounded the home of a regisered sex offender at a house on Mira Loma in Castroville this morning.
According to Comander Mike Richards with the Sheriffs department around 10:30 AM, the mom of a 10 year-old comes home to find her boyfiriend on top of her daughter. Her boyfriend was a registered sex offender who was released from parole in May.
The mom took her daughter to another residence and called 911.
When deputies arrived around 11 AM they surrounded the house and asked for the sex offender to come out of the house. There was no response and they entered the house to find him dead.
The neighbors say that a gunshot was heard before the sheriffs department arrived. According to the sheriffs department, though the wounds were fatal, they do not appear to be gunshot wounds.
The victim was transported to the hospital then released to the custody of her father. The Sheriff's Office has no other information indicating there are additional victims in this case. ..Source.. by Fox 35.com
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