Jackson County Prosecutors in Pascagoula, Miss., charged Jacob Blair Scott, 42, with 14 sex charges alleging he raped a young girl. He disappeared on July 30, 2018, from Orange Beach, Ala., days before he was set to plead guilty in the case. Orange Beach is about 90 minutes from Pascagoula.
Law enforcement found a dinghy floating in the ocean, a gun tied to the boat and what they describe as a suicide note listing contact information for Scottap family. But no body was found.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Katrina Crouse said investigators found the situation odd from the beginning. Only a very small amount of blood was found on the dinghy. Investigators also found it odd that the gun was tied to the boat.
Scottap mother, who lives in the Denver area, denied her son was alive when she was reached on the phone by Denver7 reporters. She blamed the 14-year-old girl, saying the girl seduced her son.
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