A man accused of faking his own death and fleeing the United States to avoid sexual assault and fraud allegations was convicted of rape in Utah on Wednesday, the Associated Press reported

A Rhode Island man accused of faking his death and fleeing the United States to evade rape charges has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a former girlfriend in his first of two Utah trials

A Rhode Island man who fled the U.S. and faked his own death before adopting different aliases until he was finally exposed by staff in a Scottish hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic was found guilty of rape in Utah.