At 8:09 a.m. on Saturday, Jerry Andrew Active walked out of the parking lot of the Anchorage Correctional Complex a free man after serving time for a probation violation, according to Alaska Department of Corrections records.
Less than twelve hours later, the 24-year-old is alleged to have killed an elderly couple and sexually assaulted their 2-year-old great-granddaughter after slipping through an open window at the family's Mountain View apartment.
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The 24-year-old has been "in and out" of jail since 2007, Kaci Schroeder, a spokeswoman for the Department of Corrections, said Monday.
In 2009, he was arrested for sneaking into a Togiak home and attempting to sexually assault an 11-year-old girl while the family slept, then assaulting three members of the household, according to an account at the time from the Alaska State Troopers.
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On Oct. 2, 2011, he was released and put on probation, she said.
He violated his probation over and over, sometimes being re-arrested on the very day he got out of jail, Schroeder said.
Records to detail what Active's violations were and the circumstances of his probation supervision weren't immediately available on Monday.
But what's clear is that he had a hard time staying out of jail.
From Oct. 2, 2011 to the moment police arrested him Saturday as he allegedly fled the scene of the killings Active had spent 18 days on the outside, according to a timeline released by the Department of Corrections.
"He messed up quickly and repeatedly," Schroeder said, each time earning a new, short jail sentence.
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On May 25, he was released with an "approved housing plan," meaning the Corrections Department knew where he was supposed to be living, Schroeder said. The same was true with each of his prior releases, she said.
He wasn't required to report to a probation officer in person until the next business day, Schroeder said.
That would have been Tuesday.