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Child Rapist Timothy Clinkscales Found Hiding in Secret Room

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Timothy Clinkscales secret hiding room is no longer a secret.
​If you're going to hide, you might as well be well-prepared. That's what Timothy Clinkscales was thinking.

Convicted of raping a 12 and 13-year-old girl, Clinkscales had been on the run since the June day when he last checked in with his parole officer. He'd successfully evaded capture for months by living inside a secret room in a University Place apartment complete with TV, makeshift bed and plenty of jars to piss in.

Everything was going fine for Clinkscales until the night he was profiled on "Washington's Most Wanted."

Crimestoppers was flooded with viewer tips. Some specific enough that they mentioned the secret room. Apparently Clinkscales was careful around police, less so around chatty neighbors.

Cops are considering bringing charges against the woman who let Clinkscales hide out in her apartment. He, on the other hand, is in much roomier confines: a Pierce County jail cell.

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