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John Cornyn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Investigators say 64-year-old James Lawhead Jr. had been hiding in plain sight in Bullhead City, living at a home owned by his sister. He is now charged in the 1991 murder of Cindy Wanner in California.<\/p>\n<p>Lawhead was taken into custody last month in front of the home. His own roommate had no idea who he was really living with and did not even know Lawhead\u2019s real name.<\/p>\n<h2>The arrest<\/h2>\n<p>Body camera video shows officers confronting Lawhead outside the home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPut your hands up. Put them on the roof,\u201d an officer said.<\/p>\n<p>Lawhead\u2019s truck was surrounded outside the home before he was eventually taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement then searched the home, clearing every room and closet.<\/p>\n<h2>Living under a fake name<\/h2>\n<p>DNA evidence now links Lawhead to the 1991 murder of Cindy Wanner near Sacramento, California. Decades later, investigators tracked him to Bullhead City, living under the fake name \u201cVincent Reynolds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the search, Lawhead\u2019s roommate showed up. The man had no idea he had been living with a convicted sex offender and murder suspect for years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow long have you known him for?\u201d an officer asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince 2020,\u201d the roommate said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s never opened up to me about anything,\u201d the roommate said.<\/p>\n<h2>Keeping distance by design<\/h2>\n<p>Forensic psychologist Dr. John De La Torre said that kind of distance is not an accident. Fugitives often keep roommates at arm\u2019s length to stay hidden.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=950\">1 dead, 3 critically hurt in fiery north Phoenix crash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s absolutely possible that you could spend years living with someone and never really know who they are,\u201d De La Torre said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it just shows that even a roommate may not even know who they\u2019re living with,\u201d De La Torre said. \u201cThe roommate has to want to get to know who they\u2019re living with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>De La Torre said the alias Lawhead was using likely also helped keep him from cracking about his past, because in his mind, his new name is not tied to the murder.<\/p>\n<p>Lawhead is scheduled to be back in court next month.<\/p>\n<p><i>See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <\/i><i>Please click here to report it<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? 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