Unaware of their father\u0027s secret, the children of John Vincent Damon knew him as a successful businessman and a loving parent.
Then, his charade collapsed when the grandparents came to town looking for Arnold’s mother and father, he added. When police eventually came to the house, Arnold pointed out to officers where he had buried his parents, and they soon dug up the bodies, according to the World-Herald. The following year, he pleaded guilty to the murders and was given two life sentences, the U.S. Marshals said in the release..For the next eight years, Arnold was a “model prisoner,” according to the release.
Westover started Googling and came across the World-Herald’s 2017 series about the Arnold case. He spent the next hour devouring it and then poring over fringe theories internet sleuths had cooked up about Arnold’s whereabouts.Identifying genetic genealogy as the most promising investigative tool, Westover and another deputy traveled to Missouri to collect a DNA sample from Arnold’s brother and got his permission to submit it to a genetic genealogy service.
Over the next couple of weeks, Westover, who still hadn’t revealed himself as a law enforcement officer, played coy. He wanted to confirm that the beloved father known as John Damon was, in fact, Arnold. He also wanted to secure proof that Arnold was dead before revealing himself as a U.S. Marshal and possibly giving Arnold a chance to bolt.Article content
Westover learned that Arnold became Damon almost immediately after his escape. As Damon, he married a single mother with four daughters in Chicago. The couple eventually became estranged. Damon moved to California, divorced his wife, remarried and had two children before moving abroad with his new family in the early 1990s, first to New Zealand and then to Australia.Article content
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