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Sex offender captured near Natchez Walmart after three-day search

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NATCHEZ, Miss. (WJTV) - Authorities in Adams County arrested a "violent sex offender" after a three-day search. The Natchez Democrat reported Edward Wells, 52, was captured on Monday, February 17 around 4:00 p.m. in a wooded area near the Natchez Walmart. 18-year-old dies after being shot multiple times in Jackson Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten said Wells had warrants for failure to register as a sex offender and for cutting off an ank…

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Sex offender captured near Natchez Walmart after three-day search

NATCHEZ, Miss. (WJTV) - Authorities in Adams County arrested a "violent sex offender" after a three-day search. The Natchez Democrat reported Edward Wells, 52, was captured on Monday, February 17 around 4:00 p.m. in a wooded area near the Natchez Walmart. 18-year-old dies after being shot multiple times in Jackson Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten said Wells had warrants for failure to register as a sex offender and for cutting off an ank…

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NATCHEZ — The search for a violent sex offender who had been on the run from law enforcement the past three days has come to a close with his arrest on Monday afternoon, Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten said. Edward Wells, 53, was captured Monday around 4 p.m. Monday in the woods near Natchez Walmart, where several homeless people have a camp Patten said. “We concluded the search yesterday and started and investigation and as our investigation…

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