Nicholas Rossi, a 38-year-old man convicted of rape in the United States, dies in a hospital in Utah after being taken from prison, according to multiple reports. Prosecutors said Rossi raped two girlfriends in 2008, and later attempted to evade accountability by faking his own death in 2020. He then fled to Scotland. Reports state that he was arrested in Glasgow in 2021 at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, after a nurse identified him during care for COVID-19. Following his arrest, he was extradited back to the United States in 2024. After extradition, he was held in a Utah prison and died while under medical care in a US hospital, with authorities describing his death as occurring after he was transported for treatment. The outlets broadly agree on the timeline—conviction, alleged faked death, flight to Scotland, identification during hospital treatment, arrest and extradition, incarceration, and death—though details about the immediate circumstances of his final illness are not fully consistent across coverage.
Nicholas Rossi, US rapist who fled to Scotland after faking death, dies in Utah hospital
Nicholas Rossi, a 38-year-old man convicted of rape in the United States, dies in a hospital in Utah after being taken from prison, according to multiple reports. Prosecutors said Rossi raped two girl...
- Nicholas Rossi is 38 and is reported to die in a hospital in Utah after being taken from a US prison.
- US prosecutors say Rossi raped two girlfriends in 2008.
- Rossi allegedly faked his own death in 2020 and fled to Europe, including Scotland, to avoid US rape charges.
- He is reported to have been arrested in Glasgow in 2021 at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital after staff identified him during COVID-19 treatment.
- Rossi was extradited to the United States in 2024 and was incarcerated in Utah before his death.
The 38-year-old was extradited to the US in 2024, following his arrest at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow in 2021.
2 months agoNicholas Rossi, 38, raped two girlfriends in 2008 and later fled to Scotland, prosecutors said. An attentive nurse treating him for Covid in 2021 identified him.
2 months agoUS rapist who fled to Scotland after appearing to fake own death dies in hospital The GuardianNicholas Rossi: Rapist who faked death and fled to Scotland dies in US hospital BBCNicholas Rossi, rapist who faked his death, dies in US hospital The TimesConvicted Rapist Who Fled to Scotland and Faked His Own Death Dies in Utah The New York TimesInmate Nicholas Rossi Passes Away UDC – Corrections (.gov)
2 months agoA man who was accused of faking his own death in 2020 and fleeing to Europe to evade rape charges in the U.S. has died after he was taken to a hospital from a Utah prison, authorities said Friday.
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