Dramatic bodycam video captures moment suspected kidnapper is arrested after 40 years on the run

Bodycam footage shows the stunning infinitesimal Florida authorities arrested a pistillate allegedly progressive successful a 40-year enigma and 1 of the FBI’s longest-running parental-kidnapping cases.

Debra Leigh Newton's Florida neighbors knew her lone arsenic "Sharon," but authorities accidental she's the Kentucky ma who allegedly vanished with her 3-year-old girl successful 1983, and lived for decades nether a stolen identity.

The footage, obtained by FOX 35 Orlando, shows Marion County Sheriff's Office deputies approaching Newton arsenic she walked her canine and a neighbour is heard joking, "Uh oh, they’re coming for you, Sharon!"

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Debra Newton allegedly lived nether a stolen individuality successful a Florida status assemblage aft vanishing with her girl successful 1983. (Marion County Sheriff's Office)

Moments later, officers uncover her existent sanction and the decades-old warrant. Newton appears startled, but is compliant arsenic she is handcuffed.

"We're present for you, m'am – decidedly present for you," the lawman is heard saying successful the footage, arsenic Newton responds, "Why?"

The lawsuit involving Newton began successful Louisville, Kentucky, erstwhile she told relatives she was relocating to Georgia for a job, FOX 35 reported.

In October 1983, she near with her daughter, Michelle Marie Newton, and nary 1 realized it would beryllium the past clip Michelle’s father, Joseph Newton, would spot his kid for much than 40 years.

By 1984 and 1985, each connection with Debra had stopped, with authorities issuing a custodial-interference warrant, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office successful Kentucky.

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FBI fugitive Debra Newton was caught successful The Villages, Fla., arsenic her girl reunites with her biologic father. (Marion County Sheriff's Office)

The FBI followed with an unlawful formation to debar a prosecution warrant and placed Debra connected its database of apical parental-kidnapping fugitives.

In 2000, prosecutors dismissed the lawsuit erstwhile they could not scope Michelle’s father, and by 2005 Michelle’s accusation was removed from national missing-child databases.

A renewed propulsion from relatives pushed detectives to reopen the record successful 2015, and the custodial-interference complaint was indicted again successful 2016.

Then, successful March, a Crime Stoppers extremity successful Marion County, Florida, pointed investigators toward a 66-year-old pistillate surviving nether the sanction "Sharon Nealy" successful The Villages.

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The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children posted connected Facebook successful 2024 looking for her whereabouts.   (National Center for Missing & Exploited Children )

U.S. Marshals and section detectives compared humanities and existent photographs, and DNA provided by Newton’s sister returned a 99.99% match, confirming the woman’s existent identity.

Investigators allege Newton had remarried and blended into the status assemblage portion maintaining her mendacious individuality for much than 40 years.

At astir the aforesaid time, investigators besides located Michelle, present 46, who had lived unaware she had adjacent been listed arsenic a missing child, FOX 35 reported. She traveled to Kentucky to reunite with her biologic father.

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"This is the benignant of lawsuit you spot erstwhile successful a law-enforcement career," Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Col. Steve Healey said successful a statement.

"Detectives refused to fto the way spell cold. Their enactment — and the courageousness of a Crime Stoppers tipster — brought a girl location to her household aft 4 decades."

Newton has pleaded not blameworthy and is scheduled to look successful tribunal adjacent month.