In 1994, Edward Eugene Harper was charged with conspiracy to commit sexual battery, child fondling and sexual battery in connection with the sexual assault of two girls in Mississippi. The girls, ages 3 and 8, lived near Harper and visited him in his home where they were assaulted.
Harper failed to appear at a court hearing in 1994 and has not been seen since. He has family ties in Arkansas and may have worked in Montana and Wyoming. In November 2008, the FBI added the 62-year-old Harper to it's Ten Most Wanted list and increased the reward for information leading to his arrest to $100,000.