Metro Atlanta Woman Finds Fugitive Sleeping In Her Residence, Reports Say

A Georgia woman made a startling discovery when she found a wanted bank robber fast asleep in her home in the middle of the night, per WSBTV. 
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A Georgia woman made a startling discovery when she found a wanted bank robber fast asleep in her home in the middle of the night, per WSBTV

Gwynne Ketcham of Mountain Park had been closely following the news of the extensive manhunt for James Raborn, the suspected bank robber, for several days.

Raborn was accused of robbing a bank in Roswell, engaging in a high-speed police chase, crashing his truck, and fleeing into a nearby residential area.

Raborn broke into Ketcham’s house through a window and hid himself in her home office while she was away. Unaware of the unexpected visitor, Ketcham returned home and went to bed.

She went to her husband’s office to check on their cats and encountered the fugitive.

The door was blocked so she,

“reached in and turned on the light and saw his legs, turned off the light, and left,”

Ketcham said.

“Something you never expect to see in your house.”

Ketcham immediately left her home and contacted the authorities.

“They discovered he used a computer in my house, and they had gotten a ping from that and the IP (address) led them to determine the address,”

Ketcham said.

According to Ketcham, the suspect was woken up by the police placing him under arrest. Both Raborn and a female companion have been taken into custody in relation to the bank robbery.

They are also suspected of being involved in other armed robberies in the metro Atlanta region.

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