A convicted child rapist has been recaptured after he escaped from a Van Buren County jail yesterday morning. Joel Blanton was added to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s “Most Wanted” list yesterday afternoon. He was taken into custody late yesterday in Warren County. According to the TBI, Blanton was found guilty of four counts of rape of a child and two counts of aggravated sexual battery in April. He was supposed to be sentenced on those charges tomorrow.