Investigators say they sifted through hundreds of tips in their search for Charles Mozdir, but a phone call they got during CNN's "The Hunt" with John Walsh helped them crack the case. On Monday, eight days after the show first aired, the 32-year-old suspected sex offender died in a shootout in New York City as police closed in. During the show, first broadcast on July 20, a deputy U.S. marshal fielding calls got a tip about Mozdir, accused in a 2012 California child molestation case. "I know Mozdir. He left here 10 months ago," the caller said, according to Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Steve Jurman.
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Marshal says a tip during CNN's "The Hunt" helped investigators crack the cold case
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Before the tip, Charles Mozdir "was off our grid," an investigator says
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Mozdir was killed Monday in a shootout with officers in New York City
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Police have been looking for Mozdir since 2012
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