'America's Most Wanted' ex-cop fugitive returned after 20 years on the run to face murder, child sex charges
A former South Carolina police officer accused of killing his wife before disappearing for more than two decades has been returned to the United States from China to face murder and child sex charges, the U.S. Marshals Service announced Thursday.Dan Hiers Jr., 53, was taken into U.S.
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A former South Carolina police officer accused of killing his wife before disappearing for more than two decades has been returned to the United States from China to face murder and child sex charges, the U.S. Marshals Service announced Thursday.Dan Hiers Jr., 53, was taken into U.S. custody in Shanghai on Wednesday after deputy U.S. marshals traveled to China to escort him back to the United States.Hiers is wanted in South Carolina on a Goose Creek warrant charging him with murder and a Dorchester County warrant charging him with criminal sexual conduct with a minor, the Marshals Service said.MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING WIFE ON WEDDING NIGHT BROUGHT BACK TO US AFTER YEARS ON THE RUN IN MEXICOInvestigators allege Hiers shot his wife, 24-year-old Ludimila Hiers, in the back of the head while she slept inside the couple's Goose Creek home on March 15, 2005.Authorities said the killing came just hours before Hiers was scheduled to surrender to face additional child sex charges in Dorchester County.Dorchester County Sheriff Sam Richardson said his office has been notified that Hiers is being returned to face justice on the criminal sexual conduct with a minor charge filed in 2005."Daniel Hiers was entrusted to serve the public as a police officer.
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