Police in San Diego County search for Merle Wakefield, a convicted sex offender who is missing after a GPS monitoring alert indicates the tracking system was tampered with. According to reporting, Wakefield was last seen at a Rancho Bernardo worksite where the tracking device was found removed.
The outlets describe the case as linked to a “tamper mode” notification on the GPS monitoring system. Wakefield has been on conditional release with GPS monitoring since November 2024, and officials say he has been missing since Friday. One outlet notes that Liberty Healthcare identified the device removal at the worksite, while another focuses on Wakefield’s status on conditional release and the county where he disappears. Both accounts align that investigators are treating the incident as a disappearance tied to the apparent removal of his monitoring equipment.
