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Debra Newton was arrested in November 2025 in The Villages, Florida, while walking her dog, after four decades on the run. She was wanted for the 1983 kidnapping of her 3-year-old daughter from Louisville, Kentucky. Extradited to Kentucky, she reached a plea deal in 2026 for felony custodial interference.
Marion County Sheriff’s deputies approached Newton in her front yard while she was walking a small dog. A neighbor humorously joked to the deputies, "They're coming for you, Sharon," as Newton had been living under the alias Sharon Neely.
In 1983, Newton told her husband, Joe, she was moving the family to Georgia, but instead vanished with their daughter, Michelle. She was previously on the FBI’s Top 8 Most Wanted Parental-Kidnapping fugitives list.
The case was reopened after a Crime Stoppers tip. Following her arrest, Newton's charges were reduced to a misdemeanor under a plea bargain, and she was sentenced to two years of probation.
Michelle, now in her mid-40s, was unaware she was a missing person until deputies notified her. Michelle and her father, Joe, have since been reunited. Michelle publicly expressed a desire to support both of her parents and focus on family healing.
Some crimes have no statute of limitations and they are always looking for you.
