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Cut and run! Texas father, Lee Arms, goes wakabout Superbowl Sunday; ‘found living new life in Ohio with someone he met online’ 2 weeks later

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;140101&semi;">Missing Texas father-of-three found living new life in Ohio with someone he met online <&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;140101&semi;">Lee Arms&comma;  from Falls City&comma; Texas was reported missing over Superbowl weekend on Feb 5 <&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;140101&semi;">44-year-old Arms was last seen at about 5&colon;30 p&period;m&period; Super Bowl Sunday in his car&comma; which was abandoned on the Interstate<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;140101&semi;">The car was  still running with the emergency flashers on&comma; his wallet and other belongings were also found at the scene&period;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;140101&semi;">Family&comma; friends&comma; and volunteers started the searching for the UPS worker when he never showed up for work&period;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;140101&semi;">He was found Friday&comma; living in Ohio with a woman he met online&comma; following a tip off in the nationwide missing person&&num;8217&semi;s search <&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;140101&semi;">No charges have been filed against Arms and the missing persons case is closed <&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;140101&semi;">Bath Township Police say Arms&&num;8217&semi;  disappearance was not caused by an accident or malicious incident&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;but the result of his own decision to leave”<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-144288" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;lee-arms1&period;jpg&quest;w&equals;612" alt&equals;"lee-arms1" width&equals;"497" height&equals;"541" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Lee Arms who was reported missing over the weekend of Feb 5 was on Feb&period; 17&comma; 2017 safe and sound<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>A Texas father of three who disappeared nearly two weeks ago was found living more than a thousand miles away in Ohio so he could be with someone he met online&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Lee Arms hadn’t been seen since Super Bowl Sunday&comma; his silver Ford Fusion discovered abandoned near Loop 1604 and Interstate 10 in the San Antonio area&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;news4sanantonio&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;bcso-missing-man-made-his-own-decision-to-leave">WOAI-TV <&sol;a>reported&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;44-year-old Arms&comma; a father of three&comma; was last seen at about 5&colon;30 p&period;m&period; Super Bowl Sunday in his silver Ford Fusion&comma; which was abandoned near Loop 1604 and Interstate 10&period; The car  was still running with the emergency flashers on&period; Authorities also found his wallet and other belongings at the scene&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Arms of Falls City&comma; Texas&comma; worked the night shift at a UPS facility in San Antonio Sunday through Thursday&period; Family&comma; friends&comma; and volunteers started the search when he never showed up for work&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;His disappearance&comma; however&comma; was not caused by an accident or malicious incident&comma; police said&comma;  &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;but the result of his own decision to leave&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He wanted to escape his life out there and his situation&comma;” Bath Township Police Chief Michael McNeely told the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ohio&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;missing-texas-father-who-vanished-under-mysterious-circumstances-found-living-in-northeast-ohio-1&period;748495">Akron Beacon Journal&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module v">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"ra-figure"><figcaption>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-144306" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;missing-person-message-posted-on-facebook-for-lee-arms4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Missing person message posted on Facebook for Lee Arms4&period;jpg" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"960" &sol;>Arms was found living a thousand miles away in Ohio&comma; with a woman he met online<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Working off a tip&comma; detectives were able to locate Arms living more than 1&comma;400 miles away because he &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;met somebody online&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;The 44-year-old father of three typically drove from his home in Falls City to San Antonio where he works the night shift at a UPS Facility Sunday through Thursday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The day Arms disappeared&comma; everything seemed normal&period; He called his father&comma; Walter&comma; as he drove to work&comma; told him he’d reached the Interstate and that he’d phone tomorrow&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;And he told me&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;Dad&comma; I love you&comma;’ and I told him the same thing&comma;” Walter Arms told the news station&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Family&comma; friends and volunteers joined local law enforcement and the Heidi Search Center to look for the missing father&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Because the case began making national headlines&comma; Heidi Search Center executive director Dottie Laster said the organization began receiving calls and tips from out of state&period; One of the calls led investigators to Arms&comma; who was found safe and sound in Ohio the morning of Feb&period; 16&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-144291" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;missing-person-flyer-issued-for-lee-arms2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Missing person flyer issued for Lee Arms2&period;jpg" width&equals;"526" height&equals;"526" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Missing person flyer issued for Lee Arms<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’ve worked human trafficking and missing persons for 14 years and this is a very rare incident&comma;” Laster said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is the first time I’ve actually had it happen&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Laster also noted there is still the question of whether or not Arms’ should be held responsible for the time spent trying to locate him&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If you’re a taxpayer you may have questions whether he should pay for the expense of the county and the Heidi Search Center&comma;” she  said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;While his family members are trying to process everything and heal from their&&num;8217&semi; difficult experience&&num;8217&semi;&comma; they thanked everyone for their efforts to find Arms&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We ask that you keep our families in your prayers and please respect our request for privacy as the family begins to heal from this difficult experience&comma;”<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;Finding-Lee-Arms-224594298012426&sol;">it reads<&sol;a>&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Thank you again&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Bexar County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s Office says no charges have been filed against Arms and the missing persons case is closed&comma; but his actions are being reviewed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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