Among the thousands displaced by Hurricane Katrina were some of the most dangerous sex offenders. Officials in both Louisiana and Mississippi are still looking for lost sex offenders and thousands of other criminals that haven't registered in their new cities.
When it comes to tracking criminals, Katrina changed everything.
"Why didn't things work smoother than they did? Because we've never had a damn problem like this, that's why," said Hinds County Sheriff Malcolm McMillin. "This is unprecedented."
Between Mississippi and the New Orleans area, nearly 20,000 criminals out of prison and on probation or parole were unaccounted for after the hurricane. The government has found most of them, but thousands still remain scattered across the country. [Read more - WLBT]
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