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Millionaire Florida Child Porn Convict’s Escape Thwarted
Loaded on June 22, 2023
by Jo Ellen Nott
by Jo Ellen Nott
April 12, 2023, would have been Independence Day for Florida millionaire and child porn collector John Manchec – if only someone had not ratted him out, according to Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers.
Manchec, 78, had previously fled the U.S. to France …
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