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The Fugitive Baker: How a Cherry Pie Ended a Runaway Thief

The Fugitive Baker: How a Cherry Pie Ended a Runaway Thief

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The Fugitive Baker: How a Cherry Pie Ended a Runaway Thief

A lattice-top cherry pie, still faintly warm, photographed in a church pantry became the single clue that led a Deputy U.S. Marshal to a twenty-six-year-old bookkeeper who spent sixteen months on the run baking at county fairs. Could a pie - entered under a false name and remembered by judges for its crust - be what finally closed a cross-state manhunt for two hundred and twelve thousand dollars in missing funds?

In this episode, we tell how the photo of a pie at First Methodist's annex in Pelham Crossing, Tennessee connected to a string of fair entries and a fugitive life lived in motels, disposable phones, and county fair kitchens - and how that trail raised the question of why she kept baking while on the run.

Person: Frances Ann Novak
Event: Theft of $212,000 from employer Robert Tibbs
Date: March 4, 2022 (pie found at 7:40 AM)
Location: First Methodist annex pantry, Pelham Crossing, Tennessee
Investigator: Deputy U.S. Marshal Vicki Johnson

- The missing amount was $212,000 taken in increments via wire transfers.
- Frances forfeited her bond and vanished after failing to appear for sentencing in October 2020.
- She entered five regional baking competitions between spring 2021 and early 2022, placing in four.
- A lattice-top cherry pie photographed March 4, 2022 matched an entry that won second place at the Millhaven County Agricultural Fair in September 2021.
- Frances used the alias Nora Fenn and a UPS store box in Clarksville as a return address when entering fairs.

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