The FBI says the remains were found in a wooded area north of Harrisonburg, La., by hunters on Oct. 8. Nearly three weeks later, they were positively identified, based primarily on dental records, as being those of Lexis Kaye Roberts, who was last seen with the suspect, Thomas Steven Sanders, and her mother, Suellen Roberts. The woman is now missing.
Investigators say that on Sept. 3, Sanders - who at one time lived in the Buford area near Lake Lanier Islands - was captured by a security camera buying ammunition at a Las Vegas Wal-Mart. A forensic anthropologist reported that the girl multiple gunshot wounds and the ammunition Sanders purchased is consistent with the caliber weapon used to kill her.
The FBI has now obtained a federal kidnapping warrant for Sanders, charging him with the abduction of the girl.
In 1994, Sanders was legally declared dead in the state of Mississippi by family members. He had not been seen or heard from since walking out on his Hammond, La., family in 1987.
The FBI says he has ties to several states across the country and that agents have been able to obtain photographs of Sanders that show how his appearance has varied over the last several years. Known associates, they say, have provided information that Sanders is missing his upper teeth and has only two lower teeth. He also is reported to have a tattoo on his chest of an unknown design and a scar on his abdomen. The most reliable recent physical description for Sanders is as follows: white male, age 53, 5'8", 200 or more pounds with brown eyes. Sanders has worked as a welder, a scrap metal collector, a night watchman, a pallet fabricator and a handyman.
He was last seen driving a silver 2001 Kia Spectra with Nevada license plate 153UCR and with damage on the passenger side doors. The FBI says there's a good chance the Nevada plate has been replaced, possibly with a stolen one. Sanders also reportedly has a history of exchanging vehicles through auto salvage yards.
In addition to living in the Buford area for a time, Sanders also pleaded guilty to battery in a child abuse case in Barrow County in 1994, the same year he was declared dead, and was given two years probation.
Thomas Steven Sanders lived for a time in the Buford area, around Lake Lanier Islands. The FBI says Sanders, who walked out on his Hammond, La., family 23 years ago, was declared dead, at his family's request, in 1994, the same year he pleaded guilt
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