KCBA - Monterey, Salinas, Santa Cruz - News Weather-Monterey County Coroner's Office Identified Body of Sex Offender in Castroville
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Castroville, Calif- Monterey County Coroner's office has identified the sex offender who died Friday in Crastroville as 46 year old John Alan Seitcher. A postmotem examination will be made August 3rd to determine the cause of death.
Friday, Monterey County Sheriffs surrounded the home of a regisered sex offender at a house on Mira Loma in Castroville this morning.
According to Comander Mike Richards with the Sheriffs department around 10:30 AM, the mom of a 10 year-old comes home to find her boyfiriend on top of her daughter. Her boyfriend was a registered sex offender who was released from parole in May.
The mom took her daughter to another residence and called 911.
When deputies arrived around 11 AM they surrounded the house and asked for the sex offender to come out of the house. There was no response and they entered the house to find him dead.
The neighbors say that a gunshot was heard before the sheriffs department arrived. According to the sherrifs department, though the wounds were fatal, they do not appear to be gunshot wounds.
The victim was transported to the hospital then released to the custody of her father. The Sheriff's Office has no other information indicating there are additional victims in this case.
California's Department of Corrections said the state will stop paying rent for some sex offenders because of budget cuts. That's forcing sex offenders out of Inns of California in Salinas.
