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'They're Coming for You': Video Shows Arrest of Mom in 40-Year Missing Child Cold Case
Debra Newton was arrested after 42 years following a crucial tip that led to her daughter Michelle being found alive under a new identity and reunited with family.
- On Dec. 15 Marion County deputies arrested Debra Newton in The Villages after stopping her walking her dog, and she was extradited to Kentucky for a custodial-interference felony.
- On April 2, 1983 Debra Newton told relatives she was relocating to Georgia and then she and Michelle Newton vanished, a disappearance investigated by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Louisville, Ky.
- A Crime Stoppers tip in Florida identified a woman resembling Debra living in The Villages, and DNA from Debra's sister produced a 99% match to the Florida suspect.
- With the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office's help, Michelle Newton learned her identity and reunited with Joseph Newton and extended family in Louisville, telling authorities she hadn’t realized she was a victim until seeing what she missed.
- The case drew national attention, including an FBI Top 8 listing for Debra Newton, and John Bischoff of NCMEC urged persistence, saying 'The worst thing that anyone can do is stop searching because these kids need to be found, they’re out there'.
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