GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – An interesting twist in the search for a convicted sex offender and his girlfriend Brown County authorities have said could be in danger.
Nadine Crowley posted a video, along with a photo (see above), on her Facebook page Friday saying she left Green Bay willingly and doesn’t know where Tony Salmon is.
Authorities say Salmon, a convicted sex offender on parole, cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet and fled the area last Friday.
A photo was also posted to the Facebook page of her posing in front of a car that appears to say “Police.” In the video, she claims an officer took the photo.
“We’ve got a very concerned mother who thinks (Crowley has) been held against her will and maybe in danger to the other side of the fence, relatives of his that says he is fine and she is fine and they were at his house just recently,” Capt. David Konrath of the Brown Co. Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.
“I don’t have any indication that he has harmed her in the past, but he has a history of domestic violence,” said Konrath.
In 2002, Salmon was charged with second-degree sexual assault with use of force.
On Monday, someone posted from Crowley’s Facebook account. It read ‘Mom I am fine. I am an adult and i am actually having a good time. I’m on vacation. How embarrassing. I love you guys and see you all soon.’
Another post from Crowley’s Facebook account came Thursday night reading, ‘I don’t understand why there’s a nationwide manhunt for Tony. He’s not a murderer and he’s not with me so if you feel like talking my number is….”
“Well again, we’d only be speculating,” said Konrath when asked whether it’s possible Salmon wrote the Facebook posts from Crowley’s account.
Konrath says the best solution is for Crowley to go to any police department with her ID and have that agency call Brown County to verify she is safe. He says Salmon should turn himself in.
On Friday, a spokesman for the Brown County Sheriff’s Department told WTAQ they are currently unaware that Crowley has gone to a police station anywhere.
(Additional reporting from FOX 11).
