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Registered Sex Offender Released From Hospital Into San Diego County
Merle Wakefield was convicted of lewd acts on a child in 1981 and rape by means of force, violence or fear in 1990.

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Merle Wakefield was convicted of lewd acts on a child in 1981 and rape by means of force, violence or fear in 1990.

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