article_snippet: The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations kicked off a nationwide manhunt that brought more than 80 leads before one member of the public was able to tell investigators where Akers was employed.
article_snippet: Homeland Security Investigations reached out to the public on Wednesday, asking investigators to help find a 'white male, 40 to 50 years in age' who 'may be using the name Peter Gilbert and may be driving a white pickup truck'.
article_snippet: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Sarah R. Saldaña said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Sarah R. Saldaña was grateful for the public's 'quick action' to help find Akers. '
article_snippet: Within hours of our request for assistance, more than a million people took notice and started spreading the word on social media and in the press,' U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Sarah R. Saldaña said in a statement. '