Reports say nearly 30,000 offenders are currently missing from state supervision. 5,600 of them are violent crimes. More than 23,000 unaccounted for are men.

According to the reports most offenders have been able to walk away from work related programs or simply just stopped calling their probation officer. There is the possibility of families members not keeping authorities informed of a death. 

Department officials say they do everything they can to track down the missing crooks by checking in on the probation system, hospitals, prisons and death certificates. As well as paying visits to their homes, jobs, friends and family members. 

The department says it publishes all offender profiles on the web and accepts anonymous tips.

Powell has long been a person of interest in the case of his missing wife, Susan Cox Powell, who disappeared in 2009.

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