Sex-Offender Brother Of 'Megan's Law' Child Murderer Is Missing

A high-profile sex offender is missing, police said - and the man is the brother of a convicted child murderer whose actions led to the passage of Megan’s Law.

Police revealed that Paul Timmendequas, brother of convicted child murderer Jesse Timmendequas, was last seen on May 26, according to News12. He failed to check in with his parole officer.

The suspect, whose last known address was the Beauty Rest Motel in Edison, was convicted in 1999 of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl and a juvenile family member, according to the report.

Timmendequas has had a number of problems with the law. Nine months after his brother was convicted of murdering Megan Kanka in 1994, Timmendequas was brought to court in 1998 to answer charges that he had molested a 15-year-old relative in her bed and sexually assaulted a friend’s 12-year-old stepdaughter, according to The New York Times.

The murder of Megan Kanka in 1994 led to the introduction and passage of Megan’s Law, which requires convicted sex-offenders to register and identify themselves when they move into a community.

Photo: Paul Timmendequas, Courtesy of News12