have you found basil kingsbury yet? >> not yet. >> reporter: you're looking.ah, we're looking. >> reporter: vernon keannan is the director of the georgia beau bureau of investigation which had kingsbury in its sights nine years ago but investigators here mistakenly thought his military conviction was overturned. they wrote for clarification to the sex offender unit at the military prison in fort levenworth and even to the u.s. army records center in virginia, requesting a written reply if kingsbury did in fact ha v to register. but keannan said -- >> we have no record of him responding. >> reporter: so georgia ruled he did not have to register, allowing kingsbury to move around freely ever since. we tracked him to this small town in york county, south carolina. authorities had no idea they had a convicted sex offender living in their community. >> in the state of south carolina, if you move here, and you're a convicted sex offender, you have to come to the local sheriff's office and register as a sex offender. >> reporter: incredibly the york county sheriff's