(Click here to go back to the Wanted Page) WALTER EDWARD MYER UNLAWFUL FLIGHT TO AVOID PROSECUTION - SEXUAL ABUSE, SODOMY, PRODUCTION OF OBSCENE MATTER DEPICTING PERSONS UNDER 17 YEARS OF AGE INVOLVED IN OBSCENE ACTS Walter Edward Myer was wanted for his alleged involvement in sexual activities with six male students while he was employed as a recreation director at a school in Camp Hill, Alabama. Between 1994 and 1995, Myer reportedly became friendly with the students, and took them to his home for weekends and holidays where the sex acts are alleged to have occurred. In February of 1996, a Tallapoosa, Alabama Grand Jury indicted Myer for sexual abuse and sodomy. The indictments include charges of production of obscene matter depicting persons under 17 years of age involved in obscene acts. State warrants were subsequently issued by the Circuit Court of Tallapoosa County, Alabama for Myer's arrest. Additionally, Myer faces civil charges related to the indictments. On January 14, 1997, Myer failed to appear for a civil court hearing, and a federal arrest warrant was issued in the Middle District of Alabama, Montgomery, Alabama, charging Myer with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. November 22, 2005 Costa Rica — Sheriff Jimmy Abbett, U.S. Attorney Leura Canary and District Attorney E. Paul Jones announced in a press conference in Montgomery that Walter Edward Myer, 66, had been apprehended in Costa Rica, where he has been teaching English at a local university. Myer, a former instructor at Lyman Ward Military Academy, was indicted by a Tallapoosa County Grand Jury in 1996 on 114 counts of sexual abuse of a minor, five counts of sodomy of a minor and one count of obscene material depicting minors engaged in sexual acts. Myer is currently being held in Costa Rica and will be deported back to Tallapoosa County to face prosecution. Jones said the trial would probably occur in about six months. The alleged abuse occurred between 1994-1995, and the victims were students at Lyman Ward ranging in age from 12-16, according to Jones. Apparently, Myer would befriend his students and take them back to his home on weekends or holidays where the alleged sex abuse occurred. Myer was indicted by a grand jury in February of 1996. The FBI became involved in the case after Myer failed to appear at a hearing associated with the sexual abuse allegations. Since the indictment, the Tallapoosa County Sheriff's Department, the Alabama Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Marshals Service and the FBI have been trying to locate Myer. Credit: Laura McAlister, The Outlook BACK TO THE TOP