Missing child molester found on Purdue campus

A homeless man wanted for allegedly failing to register as a sex offender was found and arrested Thursday night on Purdue University’s West Lafayette campus.

David Bunch, 58, a convicted child molester, was banned from returning to campus and booked shortly before midnight into Tippecanoe County Jail, where he’s being held in lieu of $10,000 surety plus $1,000 cash bond.

Bunch was charged Wednesday with felony failure to register as a sex offender and a habitual offender enhancement after he went missing more than six months, according to the Tippecanoe County Prosecutor’s Office.

Purdue University police Capt. Eric Chin said his department received a call that Bunch was spotted on campus, possibly sleeping in a study lounge at Hicks Undergraduate Library.