TAHOE. DOZENS OF AGENCIES SPENT DAYS LOOKING FOR HIM ON THE GROUND AND FROM THE AIR. C1 MOLESTING AN 11 YEAR OLD GIRL. THE JUDGE ALLOWED CARQUINEZ TO WALK OUT OF A SOUTH LAKE TAHOE COURTROOM IN JULY, THE SAME DAY THE JURY CONVICTED HIM. HE NEVER SHOWED UP TO A SENTENCING HEARING A MONTH LATER. THE VICTIM IS UPSET THE JUDGE DIDN’T LOCK HIM UP RIGHT AFTER THAT VERDICT, AND SHE’S NOW AN ADULT AND SAYS SHE IS AFRAID HE IS FREE AND COULD HARM HER OR HER FAMILY. I THINK ABOUT IT EVERY DAY. I MEAN, EVEN WHEN I GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT, IT’S LIKE SOMETHING THAT I’M. I’M IN FEAR EVERY DAY. YOU KNOW, HE’S JUST IT’S NOT A GOOD FEELING. WHO DO YOU BLAME? I BLAME THE JUSTICE. I MEAN, THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE MY HAVE MY BACK THROUGH THIS ALL. SO I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS. WHO ELSE CAN I BLAME BESIDES THEM? YOU KNOW. WELL, WE AGREED NOT TO NAME THE VICTIM OVER THE NATURE OF THE CRIME. SACRAMENTO VALLEY CRIME STOPPERS IS OFFERING UP TO A $1,000 REWARD TO FIND HIM AND THE VICTIM’S FAMILY. THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THAT HIGHER.
Molestation victim starts fundraiser to increase reward for fugitive child predator
Updated: 9:17 PM PDT Jun 6, 2026
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A victim of a convicted child predator is raising money to increase the reward for his capture after he disappeared before sentencing in South Lake Tahoe.Carl Cacconie vanished in August, the same week he was scheduled to be sentenced for molesting an 11-year-old girl. His ankle monitor was last detected in San Francisco. El Dorado County Judge Michael Mclaughlin allowed Cacconie to leave a South Lake Tahoe courtroom in July, the same day a jury convicted him. Cacconie did not appear for his sentencing hearing a month later.| PREVIOUS COVERAGE | Convicted child molester disappears in El Dorado County after judge lets him leave court and ankle monitor disconnects The victim, now an adult, said she is upset that the judge did not detain Cacconie immediately after the verdict and expressed fear for her safety and her family’s well-being. “I think about it every day. I mean, even when I go to sleep at night, it’s like something that I’m in fear every day. It’s not a good feeling,” she said. “I blame the justice system. Unfortunately, because they were supposed to have my back through this all. So, I feel like that was who else can I blame besides them, you know.” Sacramento Valley Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to Cacconie’s capture. Investigators say he has family in the Bay Area and Fresno.The victim’s family is working to increase the reward through the GoFundMe campaign, which as of publishing has raised $900 so far. 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 victim of a convicted child predator is raising money to increase the reward for his capture after he disappeared before sentencing in South Lake Tahoe.
Carl Cacconie vanished in August, the same week he was scheduled to be sentenced for molesting an 11-year-old girl. His ankle monitor was last detected in San Francisco.
El Dorado County Judge Michael Mclaughlin allowed Cacconie to leave a South Lake Tahoe courtroom in July, the same day a jury convicted him. Cacconie did not appear for his sentencing hearing a month later.
| PREVIOUS COVERAGE | Convicted child molester disappears in El Dorado County after judge lets him leave court and ankle monitor disconnects
The victim, now an adult, said she is upset that the judge did not detain Cacconie immediately after the verdict and expressed fear for her safety and her family’s well-being.
“I think about it every day. I mean, even when I go to sleep at night, it’s like something that I’m in fear [of] every day. It’s not a good feeling,” she said. “I blame the justice system. Unfortunately, because they were supposed to have my back through this all. So, I feel like that was who else can I blame besides them, you know.”
Sacramento Valley Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to Cacconie’s capture. Investigators say he has family in the Bay Area and Fresno.
The victim’s family is working to increase the reward through the GoFundMe campaign, which as of publishing has raised $900 so far.
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
