>>> missing in mississippi. police are offering a reward to help track down a convicted murderer who was pardoned by haley barbour . he was one of four convicted killers who worked at the governor's mansion and later pardoned during barbour's last days in office. authorities say they do not where osment is. state officials say files on those four men are either missing or don't exist. it's unclear why the documents are missing. i'm joined by mississippi attorney general jim hood . thank you for your time.
>> thank you. good afternoon.
>> let's talk about this guy, the convicted murderer. once he's pardoned, was he beheld to report back to court ? why is he considered missing?
>> he has a document that says he's a free man. i'm trying to convict a man hunt with one arm tied behind my back. a court has ordered him to serve back. we have to serve him with the documents. we can't put out a criminal apb for it to try to do a criminal arrest on him. we have to serve him with documents. that's part of the problem. when they turn one a loose after they have been pardoned, they don't have to leave a forwarding address.
>> you refer to him as a danger to the community but he wasn't obligated to give a forwarding address. is this way to keep the story in the immediate yea and keep media. there was nothing that required him to stay in contact with you or your office.
>> that's correct. what makes him a danger is knowing once we serve him, he's likely to come to court . he pardon won't be held invalid and he will likely go back to prison. they don't have much to loose. we are closing in. media have assisted us. hopefully we'll be able to serve him. he will be subject to have to come to court . i can't issue -- he's not an escapee so i can't issue an warrant.
>> if you are able to serve him, get him back in court , he still leaves the courtroom and still a convicted murderer, a free man.
>> the court will put restrictions on his travel and so forth. we have a hearing set for february 3rd . very quickly, the court will decide whether or not his pardon as well as the other four who were released. we have five that were pardoned and they are presently being held by the didn't of corrections. they are not being released. what we found out of 203 pardon, it appears that 170 are invalid because he does not follow what is required requiring 30 days publication.
>> will the former governor be required -- i know he's briefly commented, he's released a statement. a lot of people were wondering what was he thinking? will he will required to show up at court ?
>> not at this point. he owes an explanation to people as to why we would turn this many medipeople out. they record will be clensed if the court does not go back.
>> all right jim hood , thank
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