An American who disappeared two decades ago while at large was captured north of the border this month.
Idaho resident Lewis Flood was convicted in the mid-1990s of indecency with a minor under 16 and sexually assaulting a child under 16, according to RCMP.
He was on parole after serving three years of his 18-year sentence behind bars when he suddenly disappeared.
Flood’s whereabouts remained unknown for years. He was last seen in 2001 and 10 years later was featured on the popular TV show America’s Most Wanted.
A decade later, he was still missing, but earlier this month police in British Columbia received a tip that he might be hiding in Creston. They did not say where the information came from, or when or how Flood got to Creston, or what he has been doing for the past two decades.
According to the local RCMP division, an officer then contacted the US Marshall Service, Idaho State Corrections and the Idaho State Police.
Const. Dave Bickle said in a news release Monday that the agency gave him Flood’s files, as well as a warrant for his arrest and a photo of him taken in 2000.
With that information, Bickle said, he was able to identify the man in Creston as Fleadh.
Flood was taken into custody last week and extradited to the U.S. on Monday, RCMP said. Officials in Idaho told the RCMP that Flood is expected to serve the remaining 13 years of his sentence behind bars.
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