Tonight, an American fugitive who was hiding out in Belize is back in the custody of U.S. authorities.
He's Aldrick Scott, a native of Topeka Kansas who is wanted in connection with the November 20th disappearance of his ex-girlfriend 43-year-old Nebraska resident Carrie Allen. She's still missing tonight and Scott is going back to face a warrant for kidnapping.
Scott was picked up in Caye Caulker yesterday morning - acting on intelligence that the fugitive had shaved his head and was lying low on the island where he almost fit in like another tourist. Cherisse Halsall has the story of his arrest and expulsion to the USA.
This was the moment this morning when American army and former US marine Aldrick Scott was transferred from the Queen Street police station. The 47-year-old is wanted in the U.S.A in connection with the kidnapping and possible murder of his ex-girlfriend, 43-year-old Cari Allen, a resident of Omaha Nebraska.
And this morning under the guard of Coastal Executive Officer, Superintendent Alejandro Cowo, Scott was ushered into a waiting police vehicle - to be ferried to the airport - and a waiting flight to the US.
It follows a week of investigations in the U.S. where a search warrant was served at Aldrick Scott's Topeka Kansas home. The complaint attached to the warrant is that he kidnapped Allen.
But Scott was long gone by then having made it to warmer weather on sunny Caye Caulker, Belize.
That was until yesterday when reports suggest Belizean police were tipped off to a sighting of him on Avenida Hicaco. They launched a special operation to locate and apprehend the man who they had learned was a wanted fugitive. Scott was searched for drugs and ammunition, and when nothing was found, he was read his rights and informed of the reason for his detention.
As for Scott, he will return to the U.S. this evening where U.S. authorities will be eager to question him about Cari Allen's whereabouts and what role, if any he played in her disappearance.
Allen was last seen on November 20th shortly before one of Scott's neighbours made a 911 call claiming that he had killed her.
And a clarification to the report on this we ran last night - the US Embassy wasn't involved in identifying the suspect, that was done by US Foreign Officials.
