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Josh Ellerman, 19, disappeared shortly before he was scheduled to be sentenced for his part in a March 11, 1997 attack on the Fur Breeders Agricultural Cooperative.
Ellerman reached a plea agreement with prosecutors whereby he plead guilty to 3 of 16 felony counts in exchange for cooperating with investigators in identifying other members of the animal rights terrorist group, the Animal Liberation Front.
According to Ronald J. Yengich, Ellerman’s defense attorney, Ellerman fled after receiving threats from the ALF. Ellerman fled his home without a change of clothes, money or a car.