Inform About Sex Offenders: Yes or No? 33-year-old Jesse Timmendequas lured 7-year-old Megan Kanka in to his house in Hamilton Township, NJ. Shortly after, Megan was strangled to death and raped. Jesse was living in a half way house and was on parole after his second sex offense. Mrs. Kanka feels that she as well as the other neighbors should have been notified about the fact that a repeat sex offender was being released back into the public. I tend to disagree strongly. Two-hundred-thousand people also seem to agree with here in New Jersey. They would want to know so th