NEED TO CHANGE THEIR BALLOT RULES JUST A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THE MIDTERMS. AN EL DORADO COUNTY FUGITIVE WHO FAKED HIS OWN DEATH AND ELUDED CAPTURE FOR NEARLY A YEAR AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF SEX CRIMES AGAINST A CHILD, IS SET TO APPEAR IN COURT TODAY. HIS CASE ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE ACTION OF A JUDGE IN HIS AND ANOTHER CRIMINAL CASE. LET’S GET TO MIKE TESELLE, WHO CONTINUES TO FOLLOW THIS CASE FROM OUR NEWSROOM. YEAH, MIKE AND LETICIA, CRAZY AND ABSOLUTELY INSANE ARE THE WORDS THE VICTIM USED WHEN HEARING ABOUT THE CAPTURE OF THIS CONVICTED FUGITIVE. THE ISSUE HERE BEGAN WHEN AN EL DORADO COUNTY JUDGE NAMED MICHAEL MCLAUGHLIN DID NOT ORDER CARL CARQUINEZ INTO CUSTODY WHEN A JURY CONVICTED HIM OF SEX CRIMES AGAINST AN 11 YEAR OLD GIRL LAST SUMMER. HE NEVER SHOWED UP FOR HIS SENTENCING HEARING IN AUGUST. IT WASN’T UNTIL TWO WEEKS AGO THE FBI AND BORDER AGENTS WERE FINALLY ABLE TO TRACK HIM DOWN AND ARREST HIM IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA. LAW OFFICERS SAY LAST AUGUST, HE CUT OFF HIS ANKLE MONITOR AND FAKED HIS OWN DEATH, EVEN LEAVING BEHIND A SUICIDE NOTE BEFORE FLEEING TO ARIZONA. EL DORADO COUNTY OFFICIALS FINALLY BOOKED CARQUINEZ BACK INTO A CALIFORNIA JAIL TWO WEEKS AGO. WE ARE. OR LAST WEEK, I SHOULD SAY. AND NOW WE ARE EXPECTI
Convicted child predator who faked death to appear in El Dorado County courtroom
Updated: 7:59 AM PDT Jun 29, 2026
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A convicted child predator who faked his own death to avoid prison is due to appear in an El Dorado County courtroom on Monday.Carl Cacconie failed to appear at his sentencing hearing in August for child sex crimes and faced up to 18 years in prison.However, El Dorado County judge Michael McLaughlin did not order Cacconie into custody in July when he was convicted, a KCRA 3 investigation revealed. Cacconie’s ankle monitor was disconnected the week before his sentencing hearing, and he was on the run for nearly 10 months until the FBI captured him in Arizona.Cacconie’s wife also claimed that he had left behind a suicide note. His court appearance is set for 1:30 p.m.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel | Make KCRA a preferred news source in Google
A convicted child predator who faked his own death to avoid prison is due to appear in an El Dorado County courtroom on Monday.
Carl Cacconie failed to appear at his sentencing hearing in August for child sex crimes and faced up to 18 years in prison.
However, El Dorado County judge Michael McLaughlin did not order Cacconie into custody in July when he was convicted, a KCRA 3 investigation revealed. Cacconie’s ankle monitor was disconnected the week before his sentencing hearing, and he was on the run for nearly 10 months until the FBI captured him in Arizona.
Cacconie’s wife also claimed that he had left behind a suicide note. His court appearance is set for 1:30 p.m.
See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel | Make KCRA a preferred news source in Google
