Matthew Hensley was captured at the property, but authorities have not charged him in connection with Amber Graham’s death.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The arrest of a wanted sex offender at the home where a missing Tennessee mother was found dead has brought renewed attention to her final trip, her daughter’s unexplained arrival at a fire station and an investigation that remains unresolved.
Federal marshals arrested Matthew Hensley, 43, early Friday at the Bosworth Road property where authorities discovered the body of Amber Graham on July 3. Hensley was wanted on charges unrelated to her death, and police have not identified him as a suspect or charged him in the case.
Graham, 37, lived in Spring Hill, Tennessee, south of Nashville. A friend said she traveled to Cleveland with her 8-year-old daughter to meet a man she had been communicating with through an online video game. Authorities have not publicly confirmed the identity of that person or fully explained what happened after Graham reached Ohio.
Her daughter entered a Cleveland fire station alone July 1, officials said. Cleveland Fire Lt. Mike Norman said the child appeared uninjured and carried a telephone number for her grandmother in Tennessee. Police and child protective services were contacted.
Officials initially did not confirm that the child was Graham’s daughter, but a friend of Graham identified her as the missing woman’s child. The girl was later reported to be safe in the care of child protective services. Authorities have not said how she reached the station or when she was last with her mother.
Friends and relatives became concerned after Graham stopped communicating and failed to return for work, according to local news reports. Her family reported her missing July 2. A friend said online community members helped identify a Cleveland address that Graham may have visited.
Police and fire personnel went to the Bosworth Road home July 3 and found Graham’s body outside, covered by a sheet. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office took responsibility for determining her cause and manner of death.
As of Saturday, officials had not released those findings. Cleveland police said they were awaiting the medical examiner’s ruling before deciding whether the death should be handled as a criminal case. Authorities have not disclosed when Graham died or described any evidence recovered from the property.
A police report connected to Graham’s death lists Hensley as an involved person. That term alone does not mean he is accused of causing her death, and investigators have not publicly described his possible connection to Graham or her daughter.
Hensley’s arrest followed a separate search led by the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force. The Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department wanted him for allegedly failing to register his address after a conviction for unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. The Marshals Service said he also faced additional unlawful-sexual-conduct charges from a 2022 indictment.
Authorities had searched for Hensley for more than two months and featured him in a most-wanted report Thursday. Task force members and the Cleveland police SWAT team entered the Bosworth Road home the next morning and found him hiding inside a cabinet or concealed wall space, officials said.
Hensley was arrested without incident and taken to the Cuyahoga County Jail. His custody addresses the outstanding cases cited by the Marshals Service but does not resolve the questions surrounding Graham’s death.
The medical examiner’s determination remains a key next step in the investigation. Police have not announced a suspect, a motive or any charge related to Graham, and the circumstances that brought her daughter to the fire station remain publicly unexplained.
Author note: Last updated July 11, 2026.