WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Louie the Clown, who went missing from a closed Wichita amusement park more than a decade ago, has been found at the home of a sex offender who used to work at the park.

The return of the mascot of the Joyland amusement park was such big news that it was re-introduced during a media briefing Thursday.

Wichita police say officers found the clown Tuesday at a home of 39-year-old Damian Mayes, who is serving a prison sentence for a 2010 conviction for aggravated indecent liberties with a child and aggravated criminal sodomy. Mayes used to build and repair organs at the park.

Louie disappeared from the Joyland property in 2005 or 2006 but wasn’t reported stolen until 2010.

Police say that the nearly 50-year-old clown is worth $10,000.