Rapist Nicholas Rossi Who Fled To Scotland After Allegedly Faking Own Death Dies In Us Hospital

Nicholas Rossi, an American rapist who appeared to faked his ain decease successful an effort to flight justice, has died successful a US hospital.

The 38-year-old, besides known arsenic Nicholas Alahverdian, was serving a jailhouse condemnation successful Utah for nan rape of 2 women successful 2008.

The Utah Department of Corrections confirmed his decease astatine 8.32pm connected Thursday, stating it resulted from complications of an existing aesculapian information aft he chose to discontinue aesculapian treatment.

Rossi's nonstop presence successful nan UK remains unknown, though he resided successful Bristol for a play earlier moving to Scotland.

His eventual seizure occurred successful 2021 astatine Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, wherever he was being treated for Covid-19.

Hospital unit recognised him by his unique tattoos, identifying him arsenic a personification sought by US authorities for extradition.

During consequent tribunal proceedings, Rossi vehemently denied his identity, claiming nan apprehension was a lawsuit of mistaken personality and that he was an Irish orphan named Arthur Knight.

However, a Scottish judge ruled successful November 2022 that he was so Nicholas Rossi, starring to his extradition to nan US successful 2024 to look justice.

An online obituary claimed that Rossi died connected February 29, 2020, of late-stage non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

However, constabulary successful his location state, on pinch his erstwhile lawyer and a erstwhile foster family, formed uncertainty connected whether he was really dead.

He was arrested successful Scotland successful 2021 while receiving curen for Covid-19 aft infirmary unit successful Glasgow recognized his unique tattoos from an Interpol notice.

Rossi was extradited to Utah successful January 2024 aft losing an extradition appeal, successful which he claimed he was an Irish orphan named Arthur Knight who was being framed.

Who is Nicholas Rossi?

Rossi was calved arsenic Nicholas Alahverdian successful Rhode Island, successful July 1987 to Diana and Jack Alahverdian, according to reports successful US newspaper The Providence Journal.

He was adopted by his stepfather David Rossi, and changed his surname to Rossi.

He grew up successful Rhode Island foster homes and made a sanction for himself arsenic a vocal professional of nan state’s Department of Children, Youth and Families.

According to his erstwhile lawyer, Rossi had moved to Ireland successful 2019 but nan nonstop location is unclear.

A sealed apprehension warrant for nan Orem Utah rape was issued successful 2020 aft he was identified arsenic a fishy a decade aft nan alleged incident.

That hold was owed to a backlog of DNA trial kits astatine Utah State Crime Lab.

Under nan guise of Arthur Brown, Rossi is believed to person met his wife, Miranda Knight, successful Bristol successful 2019 and joined her successful early 2020, assuming nan sanction Arthur Knight.

The brace moved up to Glasgow successful 2021 wherever he claimed to beryllium a professor school astatine nan University of Glasgow.

Rossi was extradited to nan US aft losing his last entreaty successful December 2023.