Creepy Stolen Mechanical Clown Recovered from Creepy Convicted Sex Offender’s Home
After some tips and follow-up work by Det. Lang, Louie the clown has been recovered after being stolen from Joyland. pic.twitter.com/J6fxqKxeUw— Wichita Police (@WichitaPolice) February 19, 2015
An iconic mechanical clown that went missing from its home at a shuttered Wichita, Kansas amusement park more than 10 years ago ago turned up Tuesday in the house of a convicted sex offender, authorities said.
Louie the Clown, a life-sized, perma-smiling, cone-hatted doll, spent decades at the keys of a Wurlitzer organ at the Joyland Amusement Park.
Generations of locals remember him from their childhood. But Joyland closed in 2004, and Louie disappeared from the property a year or two later. In 2010, Louie was reported stolen, triggering public fascination with his whereabouts.
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