Despite all efforts Oscar Shales continued to elude the authorities and Mahone, he was known to change appearance. For one year Mahone remained on Oscar Shales hoping to catch the killer soon enough. During mid June Oscar Shales was apprehended by Mahone and he could not bear the fact of handing Shales over to the authorities because he raped, tortured and killed women. Mahone killed him and buried him in his front garden under a bird bath. Mahone was discrete about this and told no one. Mahone and Pam Mahone then separated from each other, with Pam taking custody of their son, Cameron Mahone.