Tuesday, January 18, 2011
FBI Manhunt Ends In Kentucky
KENTUCKY....
The FBI says John Erwin Kolbek, the fugitive behind numerous brutal beatings of children and adults, died last Thursday of an apparent heart attack at a home just outside of Blaine in Lawrence County, Kentucky. According to the FBI, Kolbek administered savage beatings in 2008 to discipline children and adults at a cult's compound in Arkansas. Kolbek's wife, Jennifer, told Lawrence County Sheriff Garrett Roberts her estranged husband called her from Somerset, Kentucky saying he was sick and needed her to come get him. Two days later, Kolbek called 911 to report her husband was not breathing. She identified herself to police as "Michelle Jones" and said her husband "John Jones" needed help. John Kolbek died a short time later, but it wasn't until his body was taken for an autopsy that authorities realized he was wanted by the FBI.Kolbek was the focus of a manhunt by the FBI since 2008, and had appeared on the TV show "America's Most Wanted."
The FBI says John Erwin Kolbek, the fugitive behind numerous brutal beatings of children and adults, died last Thursday of an apparent heart attack at a home just outside of Blaine in Lawrence County, Kentucky. According to the FBI, Kolbek administered savage beatings in 2008 to discipline children and adults at a cult's compound in Arkansas. Kolbek's wife, Jennifer, told Lawrence County Sheriff Garrett Roberts her estranged husband called her from Somerset, Kentucky saying he was sick and needed her to come get him. Two days later, Kolbek called 911 to report her husband was not breathing. She identified herself to police as "Michelle Jones" and said her husband "John Jones" needed help. John Kolbek died a short time later, but it wasn't until his body was taken for an autopsy that authorities realized he was wanted by the FBI.Kolbek was the focus of a manhunt by the FBI since 2008, and had appeared on the TV show "America's Most Wanted."
# posted by Homer Owens @ 11:37 PM 
