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Captured: Fugitive Child Rape Suspect Jacob Scott Caught In Oklahoma
Investigators believed Scott faked his own death by launching a boat with a suicide note and a gun off the coast of Orange Beach, Alabama.
(CBS4) — A fugitive suspected of raping and impregnating his 14-year-old stepdaughter, who investigators thought might be hiding in Colorado, has been captured in Oklahoma. The United States Marshal’s Service recently added 43-year-old Jacob Blair Scott to their Top 15 Most Wanted List.
Investigators believed Scott faked his own death by launching a boat with a suicide note and a gun off the coast of Orange Beach, Alabama, in July 2018. Investigators found his abandoned dinghy, but “little forensic evidence indicating a suicide.” His remains were never recovered — and authorities later discovered Scott had withdrawn $45,000 from a bank account before his disappearance.
Jacob Scott (credit: U.S. Marshal’s Service)
