Paul Clouston, fugitive on America's Most Wanted captured in Merced

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73-year-old /*Paul Clouston*/ is a convicted cop killer and child molester. He was profiled on the show, "America's Most Wanted" -- and a viewer tip lead to his arrest. Investigators found Clouston had been working as a maintenance man in a Merced group home for the last four years.

Clouston was convicted in 1973, on second degree murder charges for the murder of a Southern California police detective. He was also indicted on seventeen-counts of sexually abusing children in the Virginia area. Wednesday night, he's back in jail.

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