Convicted child molester disappears after judge let him leave court | #childpredator | #kidsaftey | #childsaftey

INVESTIGATION RAISED CONCERNS? FIRST UP NOW A NEW INFORMATION ON AN ONGOING KCRA THREE INVESTIGATION. WE’VE LEARNED THAT THE CONVICTED CHILD MOLESTER WHO VANISHED BEFORE HE WAS SENTENCED IN EL DORADO COUNTY HAD BEEN WEARING AN ANKLE MONITOR. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US AT SIX. I’M GULSTAN DART AND I’M EDIE LAMBERT. WE HAVE NOW LEARNED THAT ANKLE MONITOR DISCONNECTED AND IT TOOK AUTHORITIES DAYS TO CONTACT HIM. OUR KURTIS MING IS DIGGING DEEPER INTO THIS IN HIS KCRA THREE INVESTIGATION. WELL EDIE GULSTAN DART CARQUINEZ WAS CONVICTED IN EL DORADO COUNTY LAST JULY FOR WHAT HE DID TO AN 11 YEAR OLD GIRL. SIX FELONY SEX CRIMES. AND WE LEARNED THROUGHOUT THAT CASE, HE WAS WEARING AN ANKLE MONITOR. NOW, HERE’S THE TIMELINE. THE EL DORADO COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT FACILITATED CARQUINEZ GETTING FITTED WITH THAT TRACKER BACK IN 2023, WHEN HE LIVED IN THE BAY AREA. HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THESE CHILD SEX CRIMES ON JULY 17TH, 2025 AT THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE COURTHOUSE. NOW, DESPITE FACING UP TO 18 YEARS IN PRISON, JUDGE MICHAEL MCLAUGHLIN ALLOWED HIM TO LEAVE COURT ON A $1 MILLION BAIL, AND HE WAS TOLD TO RETURN ON AUGUST 25TH TO LEARN HIS SENTENCE. ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT, COCO ANKLE MONITOR DISCONNECTED ON AUGUST 17TH, 2025. THAT WAS A MONTH AFTER THE TRIAL. THIS WAS ON TARAVAL STREET IN SAN FRANCISCO, BUT THE EL DORADO COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT DID NOT CONTACT HIM UNTIL TWO DAYS LATER, ON AUGUST 19TH. AND IN THAT CALL, THEY SAY CARQUINEZ CLAIMED HE WAS CHARGING THE ANKLE MONITOR, BUT THEY STILL COULDN’T SEE IT. AND THEY SAY THEY TOLD HIM TO GET IT CHECKED AT A BAY AREA OFFICE. THAT ANKLE MONITOR NEVER RECONNECTED, AND THE NEXT DAY IN THEIR REPORT IS AUGUST 25TH. THAT’S THE DAY HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SENTENCED AND HIS FAMILY REPORTED HIM MISSING TO SAN FRANCISCO POLICE. NOW, WE ASKED THE EL DORADO PROBATION DEPARTMENT, WHY DID IT TAKE TWO DAYS TO CONTACT HIM AFTER THE ANKLE MONITOR DISCONNECTED? WELL, THIS AFTERNOON, THE INTERIM CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER TOLD ME IT WAS BECAUSE A WORKER WAS OFF FOR THOSE TWO DAYS, SAYING PROBATION DOES NOT HAVE 24 OVER SEVEN MONITORING OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES, OR 24 OVER SEVEN RESPONSE, ADDING THE USE OF THESE DEVICES ON INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE OF OUR GEOGRAPHICAL JURISDICTION CREATES DISADVANTAGES. NOW REMEMBER, HE WAS LAST LOCATED IN SAN FRANCISCO. NOW, THE INTERIM CHIEF SAYS THE DEPARTMENT RECOGNIZES WE COULD HAVE PURSUED ADDITIONAL FOLLOW UP WITH THE CLIENT TO ENSURE HE HAD SECURED A NEW WORKING DEVICE. EL DORADO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY VERN PIERSON REMAINS CRITICAL OF THE JUDGE’S DECISION TO LET ME WALK OUT OF COURT THE DAY OF THE GUILTY VERDICTS, TO EXPECT THAT A PERSON ON $1 MILLION BOND WHO HAS NOW BEEN CONVICTED, THAT MERELY ADDING AN ANKLE MONITOR, WHICH CAN BE EASILY CUT OFF. IS. IT ADDS ANY REAL ASSURANCE TO TO BRINGING HIM BACK TO COURT IS KIND OF FOLLY. THE ANKLE MONITOR DOES VERY LITTLE TO ASSURE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SOMEBODY IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. IT FALSE SECURITY. IT’S FALSE SECURITY BETWEEN THE GUY WALKING OUT OF COURT AND THIS ANKLE MONITOR SITUATION. SOME PEOPLE MIGHT BE GOING, WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON IN EL DORADO COUNTY? WELL, MYSELF INCLUDED, I, I DON’T LIKE THAT THIS IS A COUNTY THAT PRIDES ITSELF ON HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT’S SO FAR NOT WHAT HAS HAPPENED. WELL, HIS FAMILY CLAIMS HE LEFT A SUICIDE NOTE, BUT THE D.A. SAYS HE HAS REASON TO BELIEVE HE IS VERY MUCH ALIVE. AND SOMEBODY IS HELPING HIDE HIM. NOW, MANY OF YOU HAVE SHARED OUR STORY, SO HIS FACE IS NOW OUT THERE. IF YOU HAVEN’T, YOU STILL CAN. OUR STORY IS ON KCRA.COM. ALSO NEW TONIGHT. A HOT LINE IS NOW SET UP. SO IF YOU HAVE SEEN CARL CONEY, YOU CAN CALL SACRAMENTO VALLEY CRIME STOPPERS THE NUMBER ONE 808 A CRIME. CARL CARQUINEZ HAS BEEN MISSING NOW FOR NEARLY NINE MONTHS. AND THE VICTIM IN THIS CASE SAYS SHE IS SCARED FOR HER SAFETY AND THAT OF OTHERS. AND AT THE SAME TIME, THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE SEARCHING FOR THIS GUY. HIS BAIL BONDSMAN WHO’S ON THE HOOK FOR SOME PART OF $1 MILLION. IF HE DOESN’T HAWK A CONEY BACK INTO COURT. SO WHERE DOES THAT STAND? YEAH, THE BAIL COMPANY HAS TO PRODUCE HIM AT THIS POINT TO COLLECT. AND IN A COURT FILING, INVESTIGATOR TIED TO THE BAIL BONDSMAN SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN WATCHING THOSE WHO ARE CLOSE TO CONEY FOR MONTHS NOW. HE DOES HAVE TIES TO THE BAY AREA AND THE FRESNO AREA. AND I HAVE REACHED OUT TO A LONG LIST OF PEOPLE WITH TIES TO CONEY, AND SO FAR, NOT ONE OF THEM HAS TALKED TO ME. INTERESTING. ALSO LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE JUDGE, SEE WHAT THE JUDGE IS SAYING. HE. HE CANNOT TALK. THE JUDICIAL CODE SAYS HE CANNOT TALK OR SHARE ANYTHING TIED TO A PEND