Wanted sex offender arrested at home where Tennessee woman’s body found

CLEVELAND — The U.S. Marshals arrested a man at the same home where a Tennessee woman’s body was found last week.

According to authorities, 44-year-old Matthew Hensley was spotted by Marshals while hiding in a cabinet near a window at the home on Bosworth Road.

“They pulled him out of there, and I said, ‘Oh my god, that’s him, that’s him, that’s him,’” neighbor Sol Galarza said.

A passerby captured Hensley’s arrest on his cell phone. The video shows Hensley barefoot and barely dressed, walking arm-in-arm with SWAT officers.

The Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department wanted Hensley for failing to register his address after a conviction of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.

He also had additional charges of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor from an indictment in 2022.

“He was wanted for failure to register and also having unlawful contact with a minor, so the sooner we get him off the streets, the better,” U.S. Marshal Pete Elliott said.

Authorities spent months searching for him. After receiving many tips, Marshals staked out the house Thursday night and went in Friday morning.

“One of our investigators felt it in his heart that he probably had a hidden space within that house, and sure enough, when we hit that spot today, he was hiding behind this wall,” Elliott said.

Last week, Cleveland police found a woman’s body in the backyard of the same house. Hensley has not been charged in connection with her death.

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The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s office identified the woman as 37-year-old Amber Graham.

Graham’s 8-year-old daughter turned up at a Cleveland firehouse and is safe with Child Protective Services.

Police in Spring Hill, Tennessee, which is just south of Nashville, have been looking for Graham since last week.

Cleveland police call records show reports that the girl’s mom, Amber Graham, was being held by Matthew Hensley.

“I seen her walking to the store, I think that’s when she first came, I seen the truck the out-of-state plates,” Robert Bercar said.

Bercar lives next door to the house where Graham’s body was found.

“Until they can figure out what happened to the woman from Tennessee, right, I think that’s the best place,” Bercar said.

Cleveland Police have not released any further details and are awaiting the medical examiner’s ruling before determining whether this is a criminal case.

Hensley is in the Cuyahoga County jail.

News 5 has yet to learn how Graham died and how her daughter ended up at a fire station.