Army captain who fled court-martial found in mother’s home 5 years later
Christopher Wilkinson, an ex-Army captain, fled into the Arizona mountains near Fort Huachuca days before he faced a court-martial on charges of child abuse.
Drew F. Lawrence
Published Sep 24, 2025 3:25 PM EDT
A former Army captain who was on the run for almost five years after fleeing a court-martial for sexually abusing his daughter was found hiding at his mother’s house last week.
Christopher Wilkinson, once an intelligence officer at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, was arrested by a U.S. Marshals Service task force on Sept. 18, according to a press release shared with Task & Purpose by the law enforcement agency.
Wilkinson had been on the run since his command granted him leave in January 2021, just weeks before he was expected to face a court-martial. He was granted leave, according to court records, “based in part on his history of professionalism and timeliness.”
He instead fled, leading to a yearslong manhunt that ended in rural Illinois, where investigators spotted Wilkinson’s blue 1963 Chevy pickup parked at his mother’s home — and the fugitive ex-captain stashed away upstairs.
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