'Fugitive Soccer Mom' reflects on life 15 years after arrest at Carmel Valley home; Marie Walsh has become an advocate for racial justice, fentanyl issues
SAN DIEGO - Fifteen years ago, U.S. Marshals descended on a Carmel Valley home and arrested the woman later dubbed the ‘Fugitive Soccer Mom.’
On that day the U.S. Marshals showed up at her home, LeFevre's double life of more than 30 years was exposed.Decades before that day, her life also changed. She says 14 months later after a guard threatened to sexually assault her, she climbed a prison fence and began a new life under the name Marie Walsh.When asked if she ever stopped looking over her shoulder, she answered, “No, I knew that I couldn’t … I always wondered, when will it happen?”She pleaded guilty and, more than a year later, was released from a Michigan prison.
In 2011, she released her memoir, ‘A Tale of Two Lives.’ She launched herself into volunteer and advocacy work. Walsh remains in the San Diego area, living in Pacific Beach.
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