FBI Offers up to $10K Reward in Fugitive Hunt for Child Predator

Barrett Preston Busschau
Barrett Preston Busschau Wanted Since 1993 for Molestation of Five Girls. Anyone with information is asked to call the FBI at (503) 224-4181 or submit a tip to https://tips.fbi.gov.

The FBI is offering a new reward and launching a media campaign in an effort to generate tips in the cold case fugitive hunt for Barrett Preston Busschau.

Age-Progressed Photo of Barrett Preston Busschau (Image courtesy of the FBI Laboratory)
Barrett Preston Busschau shown in an FBI rendering that shows what he may look like as of Jan. 2017. (Image courtesy of the FBI Laboratory)

Busschau, now 42 years old, disappeared from Oregon in 1993 after Clackamas County authorities arrested him on multiple sex abuse charges involving children.

The FBI is running Facebook ads in both the Portland-metro area and in South Africa, where he may be living.

In addition, the FBI Laboratory has produced an age-progressed photo of what Busschau may look like now, and the FBI is profiling Busschau’s case on its fugitive website.

Aliases:

Barrett Preston Bussachau, Barrett Preston Busschall, Barrett Busschall

Date(s) of Birth Used February 11, 1975
Place of Birth Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Hair Brown
Eyes Blue
Height 5’11” to 6’0″
Weight 165 pounds
Sex Male
Race White
Nationality South African
Scars and Marks Busschau has scars on his left ankle, left arm, and upper right arm.

He also has a tattoo of a green and purple yin-yang symbol with a wavy line and two dots on his right ankle.

NCIC W830822550

 

Barrett Preston Busschau (Image courtesy of the FBI)
Barrett Preston Busschau (Image courtesy of the FBI)

His Wanted by the FBI poster can also be found at https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/cac/barrett-preston-busschau.

The reward of up to $10,000 is for information that leads directly to his arrest.

On July 27, 1993, a Clackamas County grand jury indicted Buscchau for the alleged molestation of five girls between the ages of 10 and 15.

He was 18 years old at the time.

Barrett Preston Busschau shown in a 1993 jail booking photo from the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office released by the FBI.

The charges Busschau is being sought for include:

  • 1st degree sexual penetration with a foreign object
  • 1st degree sex abuse
  • 3rd degree sodomy
  • 3rd degree rape
  • 3rd degree sex abuse

Busschau was released pending trial, but he fled before his next court appearance.

In February 1994, a Clackamas County grand jury indicted him for failure to appear.

That same year, the FBI obtained a federal fugitive warrant charging him with Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution.

Busschau is a native of South Africa, and he had been living in the United States since 1984 as a legal permanent resident.

Investigators believe he may have traveled to California and/or Panama following his disappearance, but the last known sighting of him places him in South Africa.

Investigators do believe there may be people still living in the Portland-metro area who have information that could help lead the FBI to Busschau.

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Anyone with information is asked to call the FBI at (503) 224-4181 or submit a tip to https://tips.fbi.gov.

Anyone living elsewhere who has information about Busschau should contact the nearest FBI office or U.S. Embassy.