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His crimes were committed 7 years ago. The last "offical" siting of him was over 5 years ago. He has been in hiding ever since. The FBI conducted a massive manhunt for 2 years for him, before finally having to reduce the size of staff they could keep here in town (we're over 100 miles from the nearest FBI Branch office).
The FBI was still following up on leads and working the case, but had couldn't afford to keep a large staff here indefinitely. They did keep a small office in the local National Guard Armory and worked closely with local police to set up a plan of capture should Rudolph ever be sited.
According to the FBI spokesperson, the siting and capture went down exactly how they expected it would, by a local officer spotting a suspicious figure. The officer didn't even realize it was Eric Rudolph until they got him to the police station.
But - yeah - he did "slip up". Then again, after being on the run for 7 years...it was bound to happen sooner or later.
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